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The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission is an independent public body, "established under the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014," to, "protect and promote human rights and equality in Ireland and build a culture of respect for human rights, equality and intercultural understanding in the State."
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) is a statutory body which is publicly funded but independent of government.It was formed as a result of the merger of the Equality Authority and the Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC); both former bodies were dissolved and their functions transferred to the IHREC.
Front Line Defenders, or The International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, is an Irish-based human rights organisation founded in Dublin, Ireland in 2001 to protect those who work non-violently to uphold the human rights of others as outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Human rights abuses in Ireland (10 C, 4 P) Human rights abuses in the Republic of Ireland (1 C) C. Children's rights in Ireland (2 P) Civil liberties in Ireland (1 C) H.
The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) is a non-departmental public body funded through the Northern Ireland Office but operating independently of government as the national human rights institution (NHRI) for Northern Ireland.
The European Convention of Human Rights Act 2003 is an act of the Irish parliament, the Oireachtas, which gave further effect to the European Convention on Human Rights in Irish law. [1] It is substantially similar to the UK's Human Rights Act 1998.
The Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) was a public body, state-funded but independent of government, that promoted and protected human rights in the Republic of Ireland. It was established on 23 July 2001 under the Human Rights Commission Act 2000. [1] It was dissolved in 2014.
Women and girls cannot legally have an abortion in Ireland unless there is a risk to their life. And even where that is the case, access is difficult." [5] The campaign was prompted in part due to criticism of Ireland's abortion laws by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) and the Committee Against Torture. The CESCR ...