Dr Johnny Ryan appeared before the European Parliament’s European People’s Party hearing of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee on competitiveness and digital sovereignty.
The hazard of industry influence on the independent scientific panel
24 September 2024 ICCL Enforce has written to the European Commission to carefully scrutinise the candidates for the scientific panel to be established under the EU AI Act. AI companies have heavily invested in capturing academia to indirectly influence regulators. …
Coalition Against Hate Crime statement on the Hate Crime and Incitement to Violence or Hatred Bill
The Coalition Against Hate Crime is disappointed that the government is dropping hate speech measures but we welcome their commitment to pass the hate crime legislation.
ICCL statement on inquiry into Pat Finucane murder
ICCL warmly welcomes the announcement of a public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane in 1989.
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Submission to the Irish Government on AI Act Implementation
17 July 2024 ICCL Enforce responded to the consultation from the Irish government on the national implementation of the EU AI Act. By 2 August 2025, the Irish government will appoint the regulators responsible to enforce the AI regulation. ICCL …
ICCL writes to Minister for Justice and Senators re: proposed naturalised citizenship amendments
16 July 2024Today, ICCL wrote to Senators and the Minister for Justice outlining concerns on proposals to allow naturalised Irish citizens to have their citizenship revoked. Aside from creating a tiered form of citizenship, the way the proposal was introduced …
Answering FAQs about Facial Recognition Technology
So what now? If you’re as concerned about FRT as we are, share this page with your friends and family; talk to each other about the dangers of this technology; tell your public representatives that you oppose the introduction of …
Joint statement: European Court of Human Rights rules against Russia: Trans parent’s foster-care termination violates family rights
12 July 2024 In a judgement published yesterday, the European Court of Human Rights found that Russia violated the right to private and family life of a trans man and his two foster children by terminating the foster care agreement …
ICCL publishes Annual Report for 2023
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has published our annual report for our work and finances for 2023. We continued to expand our areas of work, including the launch of Enforce, a new unit of ICCL which advocates, investigates, and …