Irish Human Rights & Equality Commission Calls For Racial Profiling By Gardai To Stop.

Monday, 6 September 2021 11:57

It has issued 130 recommendations on the National Action Plan Against Racism.

The State’s human rights watchdog is calling for action on racial profiling in Garda stop and search operations.

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission says we need more diversity among Gardaí and other public service workers to tackle racism in Irish society.

It wants the government to address negative attitudes among Gardaí to ethnic minorities, as part of 130 recommendations for the new National Action Plan Against Racism.

Chief Commissioner Sinéad Gibney says racial profiling by Gardaí has to examined

Ireland Needs Sanctions for Breaches of Anti-Racism Commitments@_IHREC Publishes Detailed Recommendations for National Action Plan Against #Racism https://t.co/dgm5RSqK8H pic.twitter.com/DCZRLhobiY
— Irish Human Rights & Equality Commission (@_IHREC) September 6, 2021

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