Chief executive officer Rachel Morrogh collected the award on behalf of the charity at the Bar’s human rights conference, At The Margins: Three Priority Areas through a Human Rights Lens, on Saturday.

Bar Council chair Seán Guerin SC said: “The presentation of the human rights award to Dublin Rape Crisis Centre reminds us of the tireless, often unseen work being done to protect and uphold the dignity of some of the most vulnerable in our society.

“The work of Dublin Rape Crisis Centre is invaluable to those on the bench and at The Bar of Ireland, and it should be acknowledged and carefully considered as we continue to examine how the administration of justice can be improved and the rights of all persons sensitively and fairly upheld.”

Ms Morrogh said: “Dublin Rape Crisis Centre is honoured and humbled to receive the prestigious human rights award from The Bar of Ireland.

“The award recognises the transformative impact that our volunteers and staff have on the lives of survivors, and it acknowledges how our work is central to the restoration of human rights breached by acts of sexual violence.

“I am extremely proud that the Bar Council’s human rights committee specifically identified our support for victims of sexual violence in the criminal courts, civil courts, Garda stations, international protection office and the workplace relations commission as having advanced human rights in Ireland.”