Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Organisation name in original language

Category of human rights structure

Parliamentary structure/mechanism

Country

Ireland

Website URL

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/committees/34/justice-home-affairs-and-migration/

Type(s) of body

Not applicable

Address

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Legal source(s)

  • Established following orders of the Dáil Éireann and the Seanad Éireann on 30 July 2020 and 18 September 2020 respectively.

Human rights capacity support

  • None

Functions

  • Shadows the Department of Justice and reviews policy in the fields of justice, security and the rule of law to ensure a safe, secure, just, open-minded and impartial Irish society.
  • A forum in which Oireachtas members from all parties and none may have a meaningful impact on key legislation and policy areas of real significance.

Specific mandates

Not applicable

Structured cooperation with partners at national level

  • Ministers regularly appear before the committee, as do officers from all government departments.
  • The committee may invite any person to appear and frequently meets with representatives of civil society and accepts their submissions.

Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level

  • None

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