Dublin, 3 September 2018. The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) have today called on Dublin City Councillors to support the motion to stop the sale of the former Magdalene Laundry site …
ICCL: Tuam and adoption scandals may involve enforced disappearances
30 August 2018 On UN International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has called on the State to ensure that family members of children who were forcibly disappeared, either through forced adoption …
ICCL questions Gardaí on legality of security measures for Papal visit
Dublin, 22 August 2018 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has not received satisfactory answers from An Garda Síochána regarding its intention to record names, addresses, and photo identification of residents of Church St, Dublin, in exchange for wristband …
Can young people influence the future of policing?
Fiona Whelan is the artist-in-residence with Rialto Youth Project. She spoke at ICCL’s event Rights-based policing: Visions from the Community on 18 July 2018. To register for our next event on Garda reform on 14 September see: https://guardourrights.eventbrite.ie I’d like …
Gareth Noble on children’s interactions with An Garda Síochána
Gareth Noble heads up the Children’s Law Department with KOD Lyons. He spoke at ICCL’s event Rights-based policing: Visions from the Community on 18 July 2018. I want to offer some observations having practised in the Children’s Court since …
Rights-based Policing: Visions for change from the community
Where: Radisson Blu Hotel, Dublin 8 When: 18 July, 18:30 (following ICCL AGM) Registration: https://gardavisionsforchange.eventbrite.ie With two months to go until the Commission on the Future of Policing reports, ICCL is convening a discussion between social justice experts and …
Ratify OPCAT and allow inspection of direct provision centres: ICCL
Dublin, 26 June 2018 Ratify OPCAT and allow inspection of direct provision centres: ICCL On International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is calling for the ratification of the Optional …
ICCL calls on State to provide information and records to all affected by forced and illegal adoption
Dublin, 30 May 2018 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) today welcomes the decision of Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone, to establish a process of investigation into illegal adoptions where adoptive parents were registered as …
ICCL: Commission of Investigation into cervical check may further violate rights
Dublin, 2 May 2018 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties is today calling for a public investigation into the cervical check scandal, rather than a confidential Commission of Investigation which it says will not ensure public confidence in the State’s …
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 …
“We’ve come a long way, but there is still a long way to go”: victims’ rights expert on EU Victims’ Day
22 February 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE/ “We’ve come a long way, but there is still a long way to go”: victims’ rights expert on EU Victims’ Day Today, on EU Victims’ Day, the Victims’ Rights Alliance (VRA) and the Irish …
Maeve O’Rourke: “Magdalene Laundry survivors have waited too long for redress”
It’s been five years since the Government apologised to the women of the Magdalene Laundries but it has yet to implement restorative justice, writes Maeve O’Rourke MONDAY (19 February) marked the five-year anniversary of Enda Kenny’s emotional apology to Magdalene Laundries …
ICCL outlines vision for radical reform of policing in Ireland
Dublin, 30 January 2018 In a report calling for radical reform of the entire system of policing in Ireland, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has called for human rights to become the cornerstone of the current process …
Rights-Based Policing: how do we get there?
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) welcomes the establishment of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland, having long campaigned for the overhaul of laws, structures and practices concerning policing in Ireland. Indeed, ICCL’s establishment in 1976 …
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 …
JUSTICIA statement on case of Beuze v Belgium at ECHR
JUSTICIA European Rights Network Statement concerning the case of Beuze v Belgium (no. 71409/10) Hearing before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights, 20 December 2017 On 20 December 2017, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human …
ICCL Submission to Oireachtas Justice Committee on the Data Retention Bill 2017
On 16 November 2017 the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, together with Digital Rights Ireland, submitted a report to the Joint Oireachtas Committee for Justice and Equality on the Data Retention Bill. Here is the full text of our submission: …
Executive Director Liam Herrick’s article on the future of policing in Ireland
Irish Examiner. Tuesday, November 28, 2017 At its most basic level, policing is about investigating the truth and holding individuals to account. In the past week, as the political scandal surrounding the handling of whistleblower Maurice McCabe threatened the future of …
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 …