Press release – for immediate release Friday 6 November 2009 Acclaimed director Kirsten Sheridan has today called on Irish film talent to tackle the pressing human rights issues facing Ireland today. Speaking in advance of tomorrow’s launch of the 2010 …
ICCL to Put Human Rights in Focus at Cork Film Festival
Human rights will be the focus this weekend as the 54th Corona Cork Film Festival hosts the launch of the second annual Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) Human Rights Film Awards. The 2010 ICCL Human Rights Film Awards will …
Rights News 11 Autumn 2009
Rights News 11 Autumn 2009.
Students Urged to ‘Think Before You Click’
Every second level school in the State is to receive a copy of a new teaching resource that urges students to take responsibility for their privacy online. Jointly developed by the National Centre for Technology in Education (NCTE) and the …
ICCL and NCTE launch Think Before You Click CSPE teaching Resource
Every second level school in the State is to receive a copy of a new teaching resource that urges students to take responsibility for their privacy online. Jointly developed by the National Centre for Technology in Education (NCTE) and the …
Preliminary Submission to the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women’s Rights on Home Defence and the Right to Life October 2009
Over the past three years, measures have been proposed on four occasions which, if enacted, would change the law around the use of force by householders. This submission sets out the current state of the laws in Ireland and considers …
ICCL Deplores “Lack of Political Courage” of Minister for Children
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has expressed serious concerns about reports that the Government intends to revert to the flawed constitutional wording on children’s rights that it first published 2007. Speaking after a private meeting with the Minister …
Protecting Children and Respecting the Rule of Law, ICCL, May 2009
Protecting Children and Respecting the Rule of Law, ICCL 2009.
EU Appoints ICCL and UCD School of Social Justice to Monitor Racism in Ireland
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.