6 March 2020 Game of Thrones actor Liam Cunningham this evening received the first ever ICCL Lifetime Contribution to Human Rights Award. The award was presented as part of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties’ Human Rights Film Awards, in …
Activists and artists launch inaugural ICCL Lifetime Contribution to Human Rights Award
18 February 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) and Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival today launched the ICCL Human Rights in Film Award, and a new ICCL Lifetime Contribution Award. Both awards were launched by the jury …
ICCL: Incitement to Hatred Act doesn’t work
12 February 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said that Ireland may be falling short of its obligations under human rights law to protect people from the most extreme forms of hate speech. In a submission to …
Sample letter to Gardai establishing lawful basis for their actions
DATE Private & Confidential Address Re: Incident date time and location Dear X, We refer to the above. On DATE OF INCIDENT whilst present at PLACE OF INCIDENT (my mobile phone was seized by members of An Garda Síochana). (We …
Sample letter seeking preservation of CCTV footage
DATE Private & Confidential ADDRESS Re: Insert time and location Dear X, We are requesting that CCTV footage from X time on Y date be preserved and a copy of same released to me. We are making this request under …
Four of the major parties commit wholeheartedly to human rights
4 February 2020 Four of the major parties contesting General Election 2020 have committed to ICCL’s 8 straightforward but crucial asks which would advance the cause of human rights in Ireland if implemented. Sinn Féin, the Green Party, the Social …
Have your candidates committed to human rights?
ICCL has asked political candidates and parties to commit to 8 crucial but straightforward human rights asks if elected. These advances are immediate goals in the larger project to shape a society where everybody’s human rights and individual freedoms are …
ICCL launches Know Your Rights guide for protesters
25 January 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties today launched the 8th installment in its Know Your Rights series, a guide for protesters. Doireann Ansbro, ICCL’s Senior Research and Policy Officer, compiled the guide with input from protesters, law …
ICCL welcomes abolition of blasphemy law; highlights more than 40 years defending freedom of expression
18 January 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has warmly welcomed the commencement of the Blasphemy (Abolition) Act 2019. Director Liam Herrick said: “This is a wonderful leap forward for human rights in this country. ICCL has been a …
Liam Herrick: Detrimental to allow ‘opinion’ evidence in Mulready-Woods case
18 January 2020 The murder of Keane Mulready-Woods is one of the most serious and shocking crimes we have seen in Ireland and demands a robust and comprehensive policing response. The Minister for Justice and Garda Commissioner have made commitments …