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27 June 2025
ICCL Submission on the General Scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous) Bill 2025
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties recently made a submission on the General Scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous) Bill 2025....
25 June 2025
Government’s plan for permanent non-jury court may require a referendum, warns ICCL
Ireland’s Special Criminal Court is incompatible with international and constitutional human rights obligations....
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Administration of Justice
We campaign for laws, courts, and police to respect human rights
27 June 2025
ICCL Submission on the General Scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous) Bill 2025
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties recently made a submission on the General Scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous) Bill 2025....
25 June 2025
Government’s plan for permanent non-jury court may require a referendum, warns ICCL
Ireland’s Special Criminal Court is incompatible with international and constitutional human rights obligations....
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Equality & Discrimination
Everyone should be treated fairly and equally
16 June 2025
ICCL Submits Alternative Report to UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
ICCL has submitted a report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)....
31 March 2025
ICCL Statement on INAR Report Revealing Racial Profiling and Discrimination by An Garda Síochána
The new report reveals that people of African descent and Brazilians in Ireland have a deep lack of trust in An Garda Síochána....
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Digital Rights
Technology must work for democracy
12 June 2025
Public Services Card database of millions of Irish people’s faces declared illegal
ICCL partially welcomes DPC long-overdue decision but insists on immediate deletion of 3 million people’s data....
26 May 2025
ICCL secures permission to take Ireland’s first ever class action
Class action will target “Real-Time Bidding” (RTB) data breach in Microsoft’s advertising system, and is anticipated to affect Microsoft’s operations across the EU...
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Democractic Freedoms
Building a society we can all believe in
19 March 2025
Progress on Rule of Law in Ireland has stagnated, report finds
A new European report has found that Ireland’s progress on rule of law in 2024 has been minimal or stagnant....
16 January 2025
ICCL Statement on the Programme for Government
ICCL is conducting a human rights analysis of the commitments outlined in the draft Programme for Government....
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