GET INFORMED
click here to read letter sent to TDs following ERA Roundtable
Past Campaigns
ERA submission to Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence on proposed merger of Equality Authority and Irish Human Rights Commission
October 2011
Click here to read ERA Submission
ERA submission to Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on proposed merger of employment rights bodies
Sept 2011
Click here to read Submission
Equality & Rights Alliance- Shadow report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination- in response to the Irish Government’s combined second and third progress report under ICERD
ERA shadow report to UNCERD (full report) October 2010
ERA Rapport destiné à l’UN CERD (Francais)
ERA Informe paralelo al UN CERD (Español)
ERA Conference:
November 2009
click here to download conference highlights:
video clips of key note speakers;
video clips from the political panel chaired by John Bowman;and
key note speakers presentations;
ERA Complaint and Petition to EU 2009
ERA lodged a legal complaint with the European Commission stating that Ireland is in breach of EU equality law.
Read the Complaint in full
A corresponding petition was sent to the EU Parliament
Read the Petition in full
Equality & Rights Alliance presented its petition to the EU Parliaments petition committee in May 2010.
Speaking at the debate to support ERA were MEPs Proinsias De Rossa, Marian Harkin and Joe Higgins.
Watch the EU Parliament debate in full ( forward to 16:17:10 mins)
RTE news report on the debate