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Rights Watchdog Reacts to Council of State Meeting
- News Item
- July 17, 2009
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has indicated that it deeply regrets that the Minister for Justice has rendered it necessary for the President to convene a Council of State meeting to discuss the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009.&#...
ICCL Will “Carefully Study” New Data Bill
- News Item
- July 13, 2009
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has indicated that it will “carefully study” Dermot Ahern’s Communications (Retention of Data) Bill in order to establish whether it is human right compliant.
ICCL Director Mr Mark Kelly said:&#...
Right to Life of Victims Ignored in Bogus Gangland Bill, says the ICCL
- News Item
- July 7, 2009
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has slammed Dermot Ahern’s controversial gangland bill as “bogus” because it completely neglects the rights of witnesses and victims of violent crime.
The Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009 ...
Combating Organised Crime and Respecting the Rule of Law: Human Rights Based Alternatives to the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009, July 2009
- Publication
- July 3, 2009
Combating Organised Crime and Respecting the Rule of Law: Human Rights Based Alternatives to the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009, July 2009.
Minister’s Crime Bill Antics Abuse the Dáil says the ICCL
- News Item
- July 3, 2009
Ireland’s leading human rights watchdog, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has accused the Minister for Justice, Dermot Ahern TD of “abusing the Dáil” by attempting to force the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009 through First, ...
Ahern’s New Bill Tramples on the Rule of Law says ICCL
- News Item
- June 30, 2009
Ireland’s leading rights watchdog, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said that the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009 published by the Minister for Justice today (30 June 2009) “tramples on the rule of law”.
Speaking sho...
Civil Partnership Bill a "Halfway House" Says ICCL
- News Item
- June 26, 2009
The ICCL has praised the Minister for Justice for publishing a civil partnership bill that it hailed as "broadly progressive".
ICCL Director Mr Mark Kelly said:
"This new legal structure offers a solid foundation for the recognition and pro...
Minister Flagrantly Disregarding Human Rights Obligations, says ICCL
- News Item
- June 25, 2009
Ireland’s top rights watchdog, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has strongly condemned renewed suggestions by the Minister for Justice that the role of the Special Criminal Court may be expanded.
Nearly a decade ago, the United Nat...
“Is a Surveillance Society the Shape of Things to Come?”
- News Item
- June 18, 2009
“Is a surveillance society the shape of things to come?” Leading civil rights and justice expert Tony Bunyan will speak this weekend at a talk organised by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) on Saturday, 20 June 2009 in the Blue Room of...
