Press release 28 June 2010 For immediate release Two of Ireland’s leading rights watchdogs, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) and Digital Rights Ireland have joined calls from a network of European experts for an end to compulsory teleco...

Media release 21 June 2010The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has welcomed the Government’s decision to drop its challenge to a High Court declaration that Irish law on transgender rights is in breach of the European Convention on Human Ri...

Press Release Friday 18 June 2010 On the day that Israel announced a partial easing of its Gaza land blockade, the plight of the Gaza Strip’s inhabitants topped the bill at the ICCL Human Rights Film Awards. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Kirsten Sheri...

Media release 17 June 2010The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has dismissed a statement by the Catholic Bishops in which they said the Civil Partnership Bill undermines the constitutional position of marriage.Adding his voice to those of gay...

ICCL Annual Report 2009

Media advisory/ Diary note Wednesday 2 June 2010 A leading contender in this year’s ICCL Human Rights Film Awards takes viewers deep into Gaza to show the abject misery of the 1.5 million Palestinians forced to live behind the blockade. The documen...