EU data transfer worth £85bn a year to the UK is at risk due to the ICO’s dismal record

Johnny Ryan2020, Brexit, DIGITAL & DATA, NEWS

This morning’s letter alerts the European Commission that frictionless UK-EU data transfer is impossible because of ICO problems.  This morning I alerted the European Commission its of its legal obligation to limit EU data transfers to the UK after Brexit, because of …

Equality complaint made against Translink for facilitating discriminatory passport checks on cross-border buses

ICCL2019, Brexit, EQUALITY & INCLUSION, Human Rights, Monitoring Human Rights, NEWS, POLICE & JUSTICE REFORM, PRESS RELEASE

Belfast/Dublin, 17 September 2019 The Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) has submitted a breach of equality scheme complaint against Translink in response to the company facilitating discriminatory passport checks on its cross-border transport services. The complaint has been …

Open letter to Brexit negotiators from island-wide coalition of NGOs

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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 …