IHREC launches High Court case against State over failure to accommodate refugees

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission chief commissioner Sinéad Gibney. Picture: Maxwells

Ireland’s human rights watchdog has launched High Court proceedings against the Government over its failure to provide accommodation to all International Protection (IP) applicants. 

It is the first time the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has invoked its powers to initiate a legal action concerning the human rights of a person or class of people in its own name.