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The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the life and rights of people worldwide, and Europe is one of the most affected regions. At the beginning of March, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) asked the Irish Centre for Human Rights to collect relevant data and information on possible impact of state measures on the fundamental rights of people in Ireland. This piece of research, prepared by Dr Stefano Angeleri (NUI Galway) and Ms Hannah Grene (Barncat Consulting) contributed to the drafting of the first in a series of three-monthly FRA reports on the impact of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across the 27 European Union Member States during the first weeks of the pandemic.  

The FRA Report, which highlights rights-based approaches to public health emergencies across the EU member states, is available at: https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-2020-coronavirus-pandemic-eu-bulletin-1_en.pdf .

The country study prepared by the Dr Angeleri and Ms Grene, on the impact of the Irish government measures in place until 24 March, is available at: https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/ireland-report-covid-19-april-2020_en.pdf .

Further data collection and analysis is currently ongoing at the Irish Centre for Human Rights and will be published in May and June. If you wish to report any situation of particular concern or any important information for us to focus in our future reports, please do not hesitate to contact Dr Stefano Angeleri (email:  stefano.angeleri@nuigalway.ie).   

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