Equality and Human Rights
Welcome to the Human Rights & Equality Issues section of the DCU website.
Please see the sections below for details of the relevant legislation along with the University's regular assessment of its compliance obligations.
Section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 places a statutory obligation on public bodies to eliminate discrimination, promote equality of opportunity and protect the human rights of those to whom they provide services and staff when carrying out their daily work.
The Act requires public bodies to carry out an assessment which looks at the human rights and equality issues of relevance to the functions and policies of their Department, to identify any gaps and appropriate actions to address these.
Details of the University's assessment, results and conclusion are provided in the files attached below.
All queries or requests in relation to this public sector duty should be routed through the Office of the Chief Operations Officer at the email address below.