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The commission stands as a government body that ensures that all public bodies in Ireland respect and protect the human rights of Irish citizens. This responsibility is outlined in section 42 of the Irish Human Rights Act, which states that it was, "established a positive duty on public sector bodies to: eliminate discrimination, promote ...
A bill of rights, sometimes called a declaration of rights or a charter of rights, is a list of the most important rights to the citizens of a country. The purpose is to protect those rights against infringement from public officials and private citizens. [1] Bills of rights may be entrenched or unentrenched. An entrenched bill of rights cannot ...
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It was established on 23 July 2001 under the Human Rights Commission Act 2000. [1] It was dissolved in 2014. As one of the two national human rights institutions (NHRIs) on the island of Ireland, like the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) its creation was a consequence of the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement of 10 April 1998. [2]
Charter of Massachusetts Bay, 1742. A charter is a document that gives colonies the legal rights to exist. Charters can bestow certain rights on a town, city, university, or other institution. Colonial charters were approved when the king gave a grant of exclusive powers for the governance of land to proprietors or a settlement company.
Magna Carta Hiberniae 1216 [1] (or the Great Charter of Ireland) is an issue of the English Magna Carta (or Great Charter of Liberties) in Ireland. King Henry III of England 's charter of 1216 was issued for Ireland on 12 November 1216 but not transmitted to Ireland until February 1217 ; it secured rights for the Anglo-Norman magnates in ...
Ireland’s central bank says 52,000 homes need to be built in the country every year if supply is to keep up with demand. In the meantime, residents are struggling as the average rent in Dublin ...
A charter member (US English) of an organization is an original member; that is, one who became a member when the organization received its charter. [2] A chartered member (British English) is a member who holds an individual chartered designation authorized under that organization's royal charter.