ICCL submission to the National Anti-Racism committee on the development of the new National Action Plan Against Racism
ICCL contributes to shadow report for the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Dublin, 28 November 2019 On 2 and 3 December, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination will examine Ireland. Ireland has signed up to the UN Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and so it must periodically …
A Brief History of the Insitutionalisation of Discrimination Against Irish Travellers
29 November 2018 Dr. Sindy Joyce took over the ICCL twitter account on Woman Human Rights Defender (WHRD) Day on 29 November 2018 as part of the Front Line Defenders #WHRDtakeover. Here we compile her tweets from that day together. …
Ireland has among highest rates of hate crime against people of African background and transgender people in the EU, but no laws to address it
Dublin, 4 July 2018 In a report launched today by Emily Logan, Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, Ireland is shown to be seriously deficient in addressing hate crime. The Lifecycle of a Hate Crime: …