Dublin, 18 May 2018 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) today unveiled a campaign mural calling for a YES vote in the forthcoming referendum at Bang Bang café in Phibsborough. ICCL commissioned street artist and graphic designer Giant Sigh …
Dublin, 18 May 2018 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is today sounding an alarm about the chilling effect it is observing in the wake of the censorship of Maser’s Repeal the 8th mural and Una Mullally’s Question of …
Dublin, 10 May 2018 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties today welcomed a statement from UN women’s rights expert, Frances Raday, on the forthcoming referendum, saying that it brings a welcome note of clarity regarding the systematic violation of …
Dublin, 2 May 2018 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties is today calling for a public investigation into the cervical check scandal, rather than a confidential Commission of Investigation which it says will not ensure public confidence in the State’s …
Dublin, 27 April 2018 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has today said that referendum posters are an important expression of political speech which must be protected and that the State has a duty to guarantee the right to …
Brussels, 26 April 2018 A report launched in Brussels today has shown that Ireland is lagging behind other EU countries when it comes to hate crime. The report, funded by the EU Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme, compares practice …
Dublin, 9 March 2018 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) welcomes this week’s passing of a Dáil motion in favour of ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), but has called for real reform …
The ICCL welcomes the decision of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution to recommend a referendum to directly repeal Article 40.3.3 of the Constitution. The ICCL also welcomes the Committee’s recommendations that abortion should be …
The ICCL has convened a coalition of organisations in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to campaign for human rights to be put front and centre in the Brexit negotiations. On 1 December 2017 the coalition sent an open letter to all negotiating …
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), Justice for Magdalenes Research (JFMR), Sage Support and Advocacy Service (SAGE), the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) and Amnesty International Ireland have strongly welcomed today’s report by Ombudsman Peter Tyndall which …
INCLO members, including the ICCL, convened a public meeting in Dublin on 8 November 2017 entitled ‘Abortion Laws and Human Rights – Global Experiences’. Along with other international reproductive rights experts, INCLO members discussed how restrictive laws, policies and practices …
Today in Dublin human rights activists from all over the world will meet to discuss the difficulties of working to advance the human rights of women and girls in the face of restrictive abortion laws, and the ongoing challenges that …
The ICCL recently published its position paper on the 8th amendment. You can read the full text below. To download a copy click here. WOMEN’S EQUALITY AND ARTICLE 40.3.3 OF THE IRISH CONSTITUTION Article 40.3.3 of the Irish Constitution …
The ICCL’s observations on the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014, published on 29 April 2014. You can download the pdf here.
Submission by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) to the Equality AuthorityR eview of Section 37 of the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2011. (November 2013) You can download the pdf here.
Volume 1 of the ICCL Seminar Series brings together in an edited form papers first given at the ICCL Seminar The General Scheme of the Civil Partnership Bill: Legal Consequences and Human Rights Implications which took place on Friday, 18 …
ICCL Submission the Civil Partnership Bill Scheme (August 2008)
ICCL submission on the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2008 (March 2008)
ICCL Position on Provisions in the Twenty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2007: Commentary on Strict/Absolute Liability and Soft Information, April 2007. You can download the pdf here.
Propositions 1-4 on the Protection of Children: The ICCL Position on the Minister for Children’s Proposed Amendments to the Constitution (February 2007) [Papers One and Two] You can download the paper one here and the paper two here.
