Protecting Children and Respecting the Rule of Law, ICCL 2009.

The European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) has appointed the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) and University College Dublin (UCD) School of Social Justice as the FRA’s new RAXEN National Focal Point on racism, xenophobia, islamophobia and anti-Semitism in …

ICCL Strategic Plan 2004-2009.

ICCL Strategic Plan 2004-2009.

Ireland’s leading rights watchdog, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has reacted to the President’s decision to sign the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009 into law this morning (23 July 2009). ICCL Director Mr. Mark Kelly said: “The ICCL …

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. …

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: “The Irish Council …

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 is due to be rushed …

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, Second, Committee, Report …

Combating Organised Crime and Respecting the Rule of Law: Human Rights Based Alternatives to the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009, July 2009. You can download the document here.

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 shortly after the …

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 protection of …

ICCL Annual Report 2008.

“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 …

It is possible to protect children from exploitation in a more robust manner than under the current law, without trampling upon fundamental principles of justice and fairness, lawyers will argue today (16 June 2009) at an expert briefing for TDs, …

On the eve of the local elections, rights groups have made a formal complaint to Ireland’s Standards in Public Office Commission and to the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights about a political campaigning policy issued by the …

RIA Circular.

Rebecca Miller was in Dublin this evening (Thursday, 11 June 2009), to open the inaugural Irish Council for Civil Liberties’ (ICCL) Human Rights Film Gala. The Connecticut-born actress, writer and director joined filmmakers Jim and Kirsten Sheridan and other stars …

The Constitution of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. Last amended at the ICCL AGM on 25 June 2011.

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said that the Criminal Procedure Bill published today (Monday 25 April 2009) by Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform Mr Dermot Ahern TD, sells victims short. Speaking shortly after the publication …