Press Release Friday 13 May 2016 Ireland’s independent human rights watchdog, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has welcomed the significant pledges to improve human rights that have been made by the new Government in response to this …
Read the Draft Report of the Working Group of The Universal Periodic Review on Ireland
Advance version of Draft Report of the Working Group of The Universal Periodic Review on Ireland. 13 May 2016
Rights Watchdog Calls for “Blueprint” of Repeal the 8th Assembly
Rights Watchdog Calls for “Blueprint” of Repeal the 8th Assembly Press Release Thursday 12 May 2016 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has welcomed this morning’s clarification by the new Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe …
Government facing rights leadership test at UN today
Government facing rights leadership test at UN today At the United Nations in Geneva today (11 May 2016), Ireland’s new minority Government faces the first international test of its leadership when Tánaiste and Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald TD …
Ireland has “Case to Answer” on abortion, disabilities and detention – says ICCL
Press Release Wednesday 11th May 2016 Ireland has “case to answer” on abortion, disabilities and detention, says ICCL. Ireland’s independent human rights watchdog, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said that Tánaiste and Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald …
ICCL Welcomes Abortion Reform Pledge by New Government
Press Release, for immediate release 05 May 2016 The ICCL has welcomed the proposed Citizen’s Assembly on the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution, as reported to be included in the draft blueprint for Government. The ICCL looks forward to …
Ireland’s Human Rights Record is Under Review
This year, Ireland will undergo the second periodic examination of its human rights record under the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The UPR is a peer-to-peer review process in which each of the 193 states that comprise the United …
Ireland’s New Government Faces Human Rights Grilling at UN
Ireland’s New Government Faces Human Rights Grilling at UN The searching human rights questions that Ireland’s new Government will face from other UN member States have been released at the United Nations in Geneva today (3 May 2016). …
Civil Society Groups Prepare for UN Spotlight on Ireland’s Rights Record
Civil Society Groups Prepare for UN Spotlight on Ireland’s Rights Record Press release In Geneva today, the Your Rights Right Now coalition of 17 leading civil society organisations will highlight topline human rights issues for UN States in advance …
International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations (INCLO) Launch Report on Crowd Control Weapons
March 9, 2016 – Geneva, Switzerland Over the past number of years, law enforcement and security forces have increasingly turned to the use of crowd-control weapons (CCWs) to respond to popular protests. Today, the International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations …
“Last call” for politicians to “nail their colours to the mast” on abortion reform
Press Release Thursday 25 February 2016 On the eve of Ireland’s 2016 General Election, the country’s independent human rights watchdog has issued a “last call” to politicians of all parties (and none) to “nail their colours to the mast” on …
Respect for human rights must not be a “political football” says ICCL
Press Release – Monday 8 February 2016 Ireland’s independent human rights watchdog has said that respect for human rights must not be turned into a “political football” during the general election campaign. Commenting specifically on Ireland’s international human …
ICCL Human Rights Film Awards 2016
Migrant Movie Scoops Top Film Award in ICCL Human Rights Film Awards Caoimhe Butterly was awarded the Grand Prize at the eighth annual Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) Human Rights Film Awards, which was held in Dublin’s Light …
The ICCL launches the Right of Access to a Lawyer Best Practice and Implementation Report
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties launched the Implementation of the Right of Access to a Lawyer: Training Manual at an event in Dublin’s Westbury Hotel on 26 January 2016. The manual provides practitioners with practical, applied and accessible resources to support …
Invite: Seminar and Report Launch on Right of Access to a Lawyer
The Right of Access to a Lawyer in Criminal Proceedings: Best Practice and Implementation Tuesday, 26 January, 6.30pm-8.00pm The Westbury Hotel, Grafton St, Dublin 2 The recent Supreme Court judgment of DPP v Gormley and White has radically changed the …
ICCL welcomes rapidity of snooping review; has “serious misgivings” on limited scope
Press Release 19/01/2016 Ireland’s human rights watchdog, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has welcomed the “rapid establishment” of an independent review into the use of data retention powers to snoop on the mobile telephone records of journalists, …
ICCL release a “handy guide” to the “phone snooping” powers of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) and An Garda Síochána
A HANDY GUIDE TO PHONE NUMBER SNOOPING POWERS Last week, we learned that the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) is investigating certain members of the Gardaí about alleged leaks of confidential information to the media. We found out that …
A Handy Guide to the phone snooping powers of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) and An Garda Síochána
Last week, we learned that the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) is investigating certain members of the Gardaí about alleged leaks of confidential information to the media. We found out that GSOC had accessed the personal data of journalists – …
ICCL calls for review of safeguards on phone snooping by GSOC and Guards
Press Release Friday 15th January 2016 ICCL has been following with interest the debate around the apparent accessing by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) of telephone records (including caller IDs) of journalists. In 2015, GSOC was given enhanced powers, …
ICCL calls for transparent and timely process as Government refers Constitutional Convention recommendation to Oireachtas Committee
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has today (14 January 2016) expressed its disappointment at the Government’s failure to give a detailed and evidence-based response to the recommendation of the Convention on the Constitution on economic, social and cultural …