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 …
EU report finds Ireland lagging behind on hate crime
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 …
Victims’ Directive Conference
Victims’ Directive Conference The Gaffney Room, Bar of Ireland, Dublin 7 Monday 9th April 2018 10.30am to 6.30pm Registration: https://ti.to/bar-of-ireland/victimsconference On Monday 9 April the Bar of Ireland, the Law Society of Ireland and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties …
OSF Announce “New Executives Fund” Recipients
Dublin, 31 January 2018 ICCL is delighted that our Executive Director, Liam Herrick, is named amongst a host of very impressive recipients of Open Society Foundation’s New Executives Fund for 2017. These funds are granted to support new leaders in …
Rights-Based Policing: how do we get there?
Submission Launch – Tuesday 30 January 2018 RIGHTS-BASED POLICING – ICCL submission to CFP DATE: Tuesday 30 January 2018 TIME: 6 – 8pm* VENUE: Wood Quay Venue, Dublin City Council Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8 Ireland is at a …
ICCL launches training on Victims of Crime Act 2017
Dublin, 28 November 2017 The Victims’ Rights Alliance (VRA), of which ICCL is a member, yesterday broadly welcomed the commencement of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017. ICCL, The Bar of Ireland and The Law Society of Ireland …
Abortion Laws and Human Rights – Global Experiences
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 …
Abortion laws central to the fight for women’s equality: UN expert
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 …
Open Meeting on Public Services Card
On 11 October, the ICCL and Digital Rights Ireland hosted a public meeting addressing privacy concerns raised by the public services card (PSC) scheme being rolled out in Ireland. The meeting described the lack of legislative basis for the card, …
ICCL and Digital Rights Ireland host Public Meeting on Public Sector Cards
Public meeting on Public Service Cards and a National Biometric Database Irish Council for Civil Liberties and Digital Rights Ireland will be hosting a public meeting on the introduction of public service cards and the national biometric database. The meeting will take …