Press release, for immediate release Dublin, 10 April 2013 Ireland’s independent human rights watchdog, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), has been invited to make a presentation to the Convention on the Constitution during the constitutional reform body’s deliberations …

Press release, for immediate release Dublin, 9 April 2013 The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) today (9 April 2013) underlined the clear duty of medical practitioners to act with all due haste to save a patient’s life during a …

Press release, for immediate release Dublin, Sunday 24 March 2013 Ireland’s independent human rights watchdog, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has expressed its profound sadness at the untimely death of its former Board member Chris Robson, whom it …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 20, 2013 GENEVA – As the United Nation’s Human Rights Council prepares to debate a draft motion on social protest, human rights organizations from around the world have joined their voices to call on the UN …

Press release, 13 March 2013 Ireland’s human rights watchdog, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has today (13 March 2013) welcomed legislative proposals that it says could lead to a “partial thaw” in institutional discrimination against LGBT persons by …

Press release, for immediate release Dublin, Tuesday 15 January 2013 The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) today (15 January 2013) has drawn a “bright line” between the protected right to freedom of religious expression, and the prohibition of discrimination …

Press release, for immediate release Dublin, Tuesday 8 January 2013 Tomorrow morning (Wednesday, 9 January 2013 at 11.45am), the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children will receive expert legal guidance from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties Association (ICCL) …

Statement, for immediate release. Dublin, 18 December 2012 Ireland’s human rights watchdog, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has welcomed the decision by Cabinet today to put in place a legislative and regulatory regime to provide clear and effective …

Press release, for immediate release, Dublin, 10 December 2012 In its December 2010 judgment in the case of A, B and C v Ireland, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Ireland had violated the human rights of a …

Press release, for immediate release Dublin, 5 December 2012 Only weeks after the tragic death in Galway University Hospital of Savita Halappanavar, Ireland’s abortion laws are once again under the spotlight at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg today (5 …

Press Release – for immediate release Dublin, 27 November 2012 Ireland’s human rights watchdog, the  Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has welcomed the publication today (27 November 2011) of the 58-page Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment …

ICCL Press Release, for immediate release, Dublin, 23 November 2012 Ireland’s human rights watchdog, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has today warned that it is not an option for the Department of Health to “disregard the law” when …

Press release, Wednesday 14 November 2012 Dublin 1 was declared “a new home for equality” today, 14 November 2012, as Sherrard Street Youthreach Student Grace Callery was awarded a human rights prize for an innovative equality-themed branding campaign for the …

Press release, Wednesday 14 November 2012 Dublin 1 was declared “a new home for equality” today, 14 November 2012, as Sherrard Street Youthreach Student Grace Callery was awarded a human rights prize for an innovative equality-themed branding campaign for the …

Press Release – for immediate release   24 October 2012 Ireland’s independent human rights watchdog, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), has welcomed the appointment of a key signatory to its Hear Our VoicesCivil Society Charter as the Chair …

Press release, for immediate release Tuesday 23 October 2012 Cases under the Equal Status Acts, which prohibit discrimination in the provision of goods and services, are entering “uncharted waters”, a high-profile equality conference in Dublin heard today (Tuesday 23 October …

Friday, 5 October 2012 Press Release – for immediate release A new report to the 47-nation Council of Europe criticises the “political intransigence” of Minister of State with Special Responsibility for European Affairs, Lucinda Creighton TD, regarding the implementation of …

Press release for immediate release Wednesday 19 September 2012 Ireland’s independent human rights watchdog, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has welcomed the publication this morning (19 September 2012) of proposed wording for a constitutional referendum on the rights …