The Irish Council for Civil Liberties recently made a submission on the General Scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous) Bill 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.
Submission to the Public Consultation on Ballot Paper Design & Candidate Address Disclosure
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties recently made a submission to the Public Consultation on Ballot Paper Design and Candidate Address Disclosure.
ICCL Statement on the Programme for Government
ICCL is conducting a human rights analysis of the commitments outlined in the draft Programme for Government.
General Election Manifestos: ICCL’s Human Rights Analysis
During the 2024 general election campaign, ICCL will highlight some measures published in political party manifestos relating to human rights and civil liberties in Ireland.
ICCL urges parties to reform justice system, block surveillance and protect minorities
Civil liberties organisation launches its election manifesto.
ICCL Statement on Violence, Intimidation and Threats Directed Towards Election Candidates, Canvassers and Workers
4 June 2024 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is concerned by the reports in recent weeks of harassment and violence targeting local and European election candidates, canvassers and workers. The right to participate in the democratic process and …
Community and voluntary organisations afraid to criticise the State for fear of financial implications
New ICCL research report details infringements of civil society’s rights of public participation, freedom of association and freedom of expression
Concerns about Irish policing oversight bodies raised in new EU-wide report
The rule of law in the EU continued to deteriorate in 2023, according to a new report from European human rights organisations.
ICCL launches advocacy initiative Rochtain
ICCL is proud to present our new advocacy initiative, Rochtain. With supporting funding from the St. Stephen’s Green Trust, Rochtain will work to democratise and enhance the advocacy capacity of community and voluntary organisations through training, information seminars and 1-1 support.
ICCL statement on the Dublin riots
24 November 2023 All of us in ICCL are appalled at yesterday’s events and hope that the woman and children who were attacked on Parnell Square make a full recovery. We are thinking of them and their loved ones today. …
ICCL Survey – “Health Check” for Civic Space in Ireland
22 May 2022 As part of a planned multi-annual “health check” for civic space in Ireland, this survey will seek to capture, in a systematic fashion, the evidence which exists for censorship and self-censorship in the community and voluntary sector …
Rule of Law in Ireland has regressed in a number of areas, report finds
A new European report has found that rule of law in Ireland has regressed in a number of areas, including systemic human rights issues
Briefing notes on incitement to hatred and hate crime bill
07 November 2022 Briefing notes from ICCL and the Coalition Against Hate Crime (CAHC) outlining the major issues of concern of the organisations working to strengthen the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022, submitted …
The Coalition Against Hate Crime
The Coalition Against Hate Crime Ireland is a civil society coalition whose Members represent groups commonly targeted by hate crimes, including minority ethnic groups, LGBTQI communities, disabled people, and others, as well as academics and researchers working to advance the aims and objectives of the Coalition. LGBT …
ICCL submission on the Electoral Reform Bill to the European Commission
August 2022 We have written to the European Commission to express our strong reservations with respect to the passage of the Electoral Reform Bill (2022) in its current form. If passed it could have an impact on the free expression …
ICCL joins NGOs in calling for condemnation of attacks on Palestinian civil society
19 August 2022 ICCL has signed a joint letter to the Irish government calling for the swift condemnation of attacks on Palestinian civil society and urging Minister for Foreign Affiars, Simon Coveney TD, to raise these attacks at EU and …
Coalition for Civil Society Freedom submission on the Electoral Reform Bill
May 2022 ICCL is the coordinator of the Coalition for Civil Society Freedom, a coalition of 5 organisations working for the benefit of everyone in Ireland. In the Coalition’s submission to the Oireachtas on the Electoral Reform Bill, we highlight …
ICCL submission on the Electoral Reform Bill
May 2022 ICCL voiced our concern that the continuing undemocratic restrictions on freedom ofassociation contained in the 1997 Electoral Act which will be further encoded into law in the Electoral Reform Bill. Our submission supplements those made by the Coalition …
ICCL event on strengthening procedural rights in police custody: audio and visual recordings. 
As part of our EU- funded project – From law to practice: Strengthening procedural rights in police custody – on 19th and 20th July 2022 ICCL hosted a regional consultation. Police, government officials, defence lawyers, forensic psychiatrists, experts in technology and …