The section is broken down into the following sub-sections, which
are accessible by clicking on the left hand side navigation: HRC
Legal Documents: Contained in these sub-sections are:
- Human Rights Commission Acts 2000 and 2001, enabling the establishment
of the Human Rights Commission.
- European Convention on Human Rights Act 2003, an act to enable
further effect to be given, subject to the Constitution, to certain
provision of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights
and Fundamental Freedoms and certain protocols thereto. The Act
also amends the Human Rights Commission Act 2000 and provides
for related matters .
- The Good Friday Agreement of 1998, which provided for the establishment
of the Human Rights Commission as well as the Northern Ireland
Human Rights Commission
- The “Paris Principles”, the UN Guidelines on the
establishment and operation of National Human Rights Institutions
- The Constitution of Ireland / Bunreacht na hÉireann
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