Ireland’s Special Criminal Court is incompatible with international and constitutional human rights obligations.
Urgent need for legislation regulating covert policing, warns ICCL
ICCL has written to the Minister for Justice urging him to introduce legislation on covert policing as a priority.
New organ donation approach is not widely understood, warns ICCL
ICCL is receiving queries from concerned members of the public, indicating that the government’s ongoing media campaigns are not reaching a wide enough audience.
Public Services Card database of millions of Irish people’s faces declared illegal
ICCL partially welcomes DPC long-overdue decision but insists on immediate deletion of 3 million people’s data.
ICCL statement on ‘Transforming An Garda Síochána 2018-2024’ report
ICCL welcomes the publication today by An Garda Síochána of its progress on reforms since the Commission on the Future of Policing (CoFPI)’s 2018 recommendations, but cautions that the journey of reform is far from over.
ICCL statement on repeal of Offences Against the State Acts
While we welcome the news that the Minister for Justice intends to repeal the Offences Against the State Acts, we are deeply concerned at the government’s plans to retain a permanent non-jury court.
ICCL Hosts Conference on Policing Far-Right Intimidation
There have been almost 650 protests in the Dublin region in the past year, the conference heard.
Joe O’Brien appointed new Executive Director of ICCL
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has appointed Joe O’Brien as its new Executive Director.
Glaring and dangerous omission in State’s new plan to tackle disinformation
ICCL quit Government’s National Counter Disinformation Working Group due to failure to tackle big tech’s manipulation machine.
How not to deploy generative AI: the Story of the European Parliament
European Parliament buys Claude, a system that can’t accurately tell users who the first president of the European Commission is. 3 April 2025 — In October 2024, the European Parliament selected an AI model to operate a new historical archive where …
ICCL statement on the commencement of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024
We welcome the commencement, though there are shortcomings and gaps in the legislation.
ICCL Statement on INAR Report Revealing Racial Profiling and Discrimination by An Garda Síochána
The new report reveals that people of African descent and Brazilians in Ireland have a deep lack of trust in An Garda Síochána.
ICCL statement on the Policing Authority’s Review of Public Order Policing
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties welcomes the publication of the Policing Authority’s review of public order policing.
ICCL slams gag order against Big Tech whistleblower after she exposed Ireland’s secret GDPR “lapdog” deal with Meta
Sarah Wynn-Williams is banned from promoting book after it revealed the Irish government gave Facebook a ‘special phone’ so it could help solve the social media giant’s problems 14 March 2025 — The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) condemns Meta …
Human rights groups, victims and families call on government to investigate historic human rights violations
A new cross-border report published today by ICCL and Northern Ireland’s Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) calls on the Irish government to establish a Historical Investigations Unit (HIU) to investigate unresolved deaths and incidents of torture and ill-treatment, including (but not limited to) cases related to the Troubles.
AI system definition guidelines fail to provide clarity
The guidelines published by the European Commission on the definition of an artificial intelligence system fail to provide clarity.
Two Irish films nominated for the ICCL Human Rights in Film Award
Five films at Dublin International Film Festival are shortlisted for the ICCL Human Rights in Film Award.
European Court decision today repudiates Irish Data Protection Commission posture
The European Court of Justice has found against the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) in a case relating to the processing of people’s intimate data by Meta.
Google and CEO Sundar Pichai under fire for sending Americans’ data to China in new national security complaint
U.S. Federal Trade Commission urged to Investigate Google’s RTB data in first ever complaint under new national security data law
ICCL Statement on the Programme for Government
ICCL is conducting a human rights analysis of the commitments outlined in the draft Programme for Government.