Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Organisation name in original language

Category of human rights structure

Government administration

Country

Ireland

Website URL

https://www.gov.ie/dcediy

Type(s) of body

Not applicable

Address

Block 1, Miesian Plaza,50–58 Lower Baggot Street,Dublin 2, D02 XWI4

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Legal source(s)

  • None

Human rights capacity support

Not applicable

Functions

  • Promotes equality, integration and international protection in policy and services.
  • Formerly the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. The responsibility for equality was transferred to it from the Department of Justice and Equality (now the Department of Justice) in 2020.

Specific mandates

Not applicable

Structured cooperation with partners at national level

  • Led the implementation of ‘Better outcomes, brighter futures’, the national policy framework for children and young people for 2014–2020.
  • Cooperates with civil society through monitoring committees for key equality strategies.

Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level

  • Interacts extensively with EU and international human rights bodies, including a range of UN human rights treaty bodies focusing on equality, integration and international protection. Ireland’s European Union and International Unit coordinates these interactions.

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