A coalition of 17 NGOs, trade unions and civil society groups, led by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) launched the review, Your Rights. Right Now. in advance of Ireland’s next formal hearing before the United Nations Human Rights Council, under the UN’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR). This independent audit of Ireland’s human rights performance since its last UPR hearing (2011) will assist the Human Rights Council to identify areas where progress has been made, as well as highlight issues on which further work is required.

Today (10 December 2015) - International Human Rights Day - around a dozen Irish women will travel abroad to access abortions; healthcare procedures that remain criminalised in Irish law. Denying women safe and legal pathways to reproductive healthcare is a flagrant denial of women’s human rights and a violation of Ireland’s international human rights obligations the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said. 

The signature of the Marriage Act 2015 commencement order at Dublin Castle on 10 November 2015 makes full civil marriage equality for same sex couples a reality and “brings down the curtain” on the successful YesEquality coalition of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), GLEN (Gay and Lesbian Equality Network) and Marriage Equality.

ICCL Submission to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence & Equality on the review of Ireland's approach to possession of limited quantities of certain drugs