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 …
UN Human Rights Experts uphold Irish NGO concerns at Irish Human Rights Record
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 …
Government’s Stoic Performance at UN Fails to Convince
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 …
Government Undergoes Geneva Grilling on Human Rights Record
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 …
Top Judge Spotlights UN role in Monitoring of Ireland’s Rights Record
One of Australia’s top judges will spotlight the crucial human rights monitoring role of the United Nations at an event timed to coincide with Ireland’s appearance before the United Nations Human Rights Committee tomorrow (14 July 2008). Justice Michael Kirby …
ICCL, FLAC and IPRT Joint Shadow Report to the Third Periodic Report of Ireland under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (June 2008)
Leading NGOs contribute to UN examination of Ireland’s human rights record. Download the document here.
Calls for surveillance law reform after Strasbourg court victory
Leading human rights groups in Ireland and the United Kingdom have today called for urgent reform of surveillance laws, after securing a significant victory in their case before the European Court of Human Rights. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties …
ICCL and other human rights groups await judgment in landmark case against UK at European Court
This morning, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is expecting the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in a case brought jointly with Liberty and British-Irish Rights Watch. The case revolves around the interception over a seven …
Civil Partnership Scheme: More a Staging Post than a Milestone, says the ICCL
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has given a qualified welcome to the decision of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to publish the Heads of a Civil Partnership Bill. Speaking shortly after the Scheme was released, …