The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has extended its unqualified support to the former Chief Executive of the Equality Authority, Mr. Niall Crowley, who has resigned in protest at the Equality Authority being rendered a lame duck agency by …

Equality & Rights Alliance today said that it admired and supported the principled and courageous stance taken by Niall Crowley in resigning as Chief Executive of The Equality Authority. The coalition of 71 civil society organisations said that it deeply …

On International Human Rights Day (Wednesday 10 December 2008), the Equality & Rights Alliance (ERA) will be calling for principled politicians of all parties to stand up for human rights and equality. A delegation of the Alliance, a coalition which …

Rights News 8  Winter 2008-09.

Ireland’s human rights watchdog, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has cautiously welcomed Government plans to call upon the new US administration to respect human rights by ending rendition, closing Guantánamo Bay and ceasing to use torture to interrogate …

Reacting to this morning’s announcement that pepper spray weapons will be piloted in operational use by Gardaí, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has insisted that any Garda issued with such weapons be properly trained in their use, and …

Equality & Rights Alliance (ERA) welcomes the budget announcement that the equality and rights bodies will share back office and administrative services instead of being fully merged as originally proposed. However, savage budget cuts of 43% for the Equality Authority …

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has welcomed reports that the Minister for Education and Science and the Minister for Integration Policy have jointly agreed recommendations on school uniform policy, including the wearing of the hijab. The rights watchdog …

“Will tomorrow’s judges reflect the diversity of Ireland today?” is the question being asked at a top-level seminar in Dublin tomorrow evening (18 September 2008). Judicial office should only ever be held by lawyers of the highest calibre, and this …

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said that, in denying free travel passes to same sex couples, Irish Rail is “profiteering from a license to discriminate” issued by the Department of Social and Family Affairs. Reacting to news …

Rights News 7 Autumn 2008.

The ICCL is placing privacy centre stage at this year’s Electric Picnic (Stradbally House, County Laois, 29, 30 and 31 August 2008). The ICCL’s stall at this year’s Picnic includes the stage set of a new quiz show called ‘Private …

Rights News 6 Summer 2008.

The ICCL has commented on reports that the Department of Social and Family Affairs and Department of Finance will be piloting a new photo ID Public Service Card. To be piloted initially amongst recipients of free travel passes, the card …

ICCL Submission the Civil Partnership Bill Scheme (August 2008).

The ICCL has commented on the final annual report of the Garda Síochána Complaints Board, which was released today. The report details the Board’s operations in 2007 during which time it handed over the receipt of complaints to the newly-created …

Information Pack for NGOs.

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has welcomed the United Nations Human Rights Committee’s Concluding Observations on Ireland, released today following the State’s examination in Geneva last week. The Committee’s list of concerns catalogues Ireland’s failure to uphold human …

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has expressed deep disappointment at the Government’s stoic response to the questions put to it by the United Nations Human Rights Committee today. A number of the key concerns laid out in the …

The Attorney General, Mr. Paul Gallagher SC, is currently undergoing a grilling in Geneva by the UN’s top human rights experts. The UN Human Rights Committee this morning heard a delegation of Irish non-governmental organisations (NGOs), outline its concerns about …