23 June 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), ahead of the mooted renewal of the Offences Against the State Act next week and the Dáil debate tomorrow, renews our call for repeal of the Act and with it …
ICCL welcomes decriminalisation of restriction on movement and return to policing by consent
8 June 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has welcomed the decriminalisation of the restrictions on personal liberties in the new regulations that came into force today. ICCL has been calling for the separation of health advice from …
Garda COVID powers are unworkable and must be ended
4 June 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), in advance of an expected government announcement on moving into phase two of reopening the country, has said that emergency garda powers are now inappropriate, unworkable, and must be ended. …
Data protection experts publish human rights principles for contact-tracing app
3 June 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties, together with Digital Rights Ireland, academics, and data protection experts, have today published a principled framework for the development of a contact-tracing app to curb the spread of COVID-19. The document …
ICCL writes to Covid committee ahead of travel regulations discussion
29 May 2020 Dear Ms Fallon,Many thanks for your letter. We are conscious that the Committee is considering matters concerning Travel Restrictions on Tuesday 2 June, therefore I attach herewith two documents, which I would be grateful if you might …
ICCL writes to Oireachtas Covid19 Committee
18 May 2020 Dear Members of the Special Committee,Further to our email to the Committee on 10 May, ICCL had strongly urged the Minister for Health to carry out a human rights impact assessment ahead of any new or extended …
ICCL writes to Oireachtas Commitee on COVID-19
10 May 2020 (via email) Dear Deputy, On behalf of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), I would like to congratulate you on your appointment to the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response. We welcome the establishment of this Committee …
Call to include physically distant protest as a reasonable excuse to leave home
23 April 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said that the government should review the decision to exclude protest from the list of reasonable excuses to leave home during the pandemic. The call comes as discrepancies arose …
Organisations call for Human Rights Impact Assessment to inform state review of COVID19 response
23 April 2020 A number of organisations representing or concerned with communities who have been particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic have written to the Taoiseach appealing for a human rights impact assessment to be carried out by 5 May. …