Human Rights

What do human rights have to do with any of this?

• Human rights laws are a rulebook for the Irish Government and Irish public authorities like South Dublin County Council.

• Human rights laws set out how people should expect to be treated by the Irish Government and Irish public authorities.

• Human rights laws apply to lots of different areas including housing, health, income and participation - the issues which people talked about in the survey.

• Human rights laws set out certain standards for everyone which governments must meet.

We’ve included human rights standards from international law and from Irish law in this report for reference.