Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (2019) Ireland and the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Country
Ireland
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Year
Type of publication
Geographical coverage
National
Area/location of interest
Type of Institution
National human rights body
Institution
Main Thematic Focus
Racism & xenophobia
Target Population
General population
Key findings
Key recommendaytions from the IHREC Alternative Report include: State should withdraw its reservation to Art.4 of the CERD; CERD should be incorporated into Irish Law; Create a human rights and equality parlaimentary committee; the new Anti-racism committee should be grounded in human rights and equality standards; introduce a new National Action Plan Against Racism and increase public awareness of racism; Improve data collection and reporting of human rights and equality data to inform policy, legislation and service provision.Current hate speech legislation is inadequate; also concern raised on current position of judicial discretion on sentencing hate motivated offences;noted concern on lack of development hate crime legislation and need for hate crime legislation; reform required to address hate speech including racist hate speech on/offline; Education required to promote digital literacy across age demographics; racial profiling to be addressed through law; human rights and equality training should be delivered to police and across the criminal justice system to incorporate intercultural awareness; evaluation of cultural competency of health care frontline workers and increase diversity of same; teacher training programmes should be provided on combatting racism.
Methodology (Qualitative/Quantitative and exact type used, questionnaires etc)
Desk research.
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