Press release Wednesday 1st June 2011 The shortlist for the 3rd annual Irish Council for Civil Liberties Human Rights Film Awards was today (Wednesday 1st June) announced by a celebrity jury, including Irish acting greats Stephen Rea and Brenda Fricker, …
Geneva/ Dublin 24 May 2011 Media advisory – for immediate release Ireland will score a global first today (24 May 2011), when the Government’s hearing before the UN’s anti-torture watchdog is webcast live from the United Nations in Geneva. This …
Dublin/Geneva 20 May 2011 Press Release Top United Nations experts will today (Friday 20 May 2011) hear directly from Irish human rights groups concerned about the State’s track record in preventing inhuman and degrading treatment. At a high-level UN meeting …
Dublin/Geneva 20 May 2011 Press Release Rights Groups Tell UN of Ireland’s “Failure” to Combat Inhuman and Degrading Treatment Top United Nations experts will today (Friday 20 May 2011) hear directly from Irish human rights groups concerned about the State’s …
Press release – embargoed to 00h01, Tuesday 19 April 2011 Over one hundred organisations have endorsed a call to reform the promotion and protection of human rights in Ireland. The call comes in a new report on Ireland to the …
Press Release, for immediate release 8 April 2011 Two leading groups campaigning for environmental and social justice have called upon the State’s Garda watchdog to broaden its enquiries into facts disclosed by the Corrib Garda “rape-tape”. Friends of the Earth …
Press Release, for immediate release 7 March 2011 Ireland’s leading human rights watchdog, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has welcomed fresh poll evidence of the positive attitudes towards same-sex marriage of the vast majority of Irish people. The …
Press Release UNDER STRICT EMBARGO UNTIL 00.01 hours on the morning of Thursday 10 February 2011. Ireland’s leading human rights organisation, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has called for the incoming Government to act swiftly to implement recommendations …
Press Statement, for immediate release 2 February 2011 Ireland’s top rights watchdog, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said that it is “frankly amazed” that, after the Dáil has been dissolved, the outgoing Fianna Fáil Minister for Social …
Press release, 31 January 2011 www.rightsnow.org Seventeen leading organisations have joined forces to help people hold the State to account for its human rights record. Speaking today (31 January 2011) at the launch the “Your Rights. Right Now” campaign, the …
Press Release, for immediate release 25 January 2011 Ireland’s leading rights watchdog has dismissed as “flagrant electioneering” suggestions that Fianna Fáil wording for a children’s rights referendum might be published after the Dáil has been dissolved. The Irish Council for …
Press release, for immediate release Washington DC / Dublin, Thursday 16 December 2010 Europe’s top court, the European Court of Human Rights, has today (16 December 2010) found that Ireland’s abortion regime fails to give women the Constitutional rights to …
Press release, for immediate release Thursday 9 December 2010 Ireland’s leading rights watchdog, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has welcomed today’s news that the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights will issue a judgment on …
Press Release – Not for use before 5.30pm on 24 November 2010 One of the world’s top human rights lawyers has said that the Irish State’s protection of rights lags behind Northern Ireland. Speaking in Dublin today (24 November 2010) …
Press release – for immediate release Monday 24 October 2011 www.kangaroocourts.net The Campaign for a NO Vote on the 30th Amendment to the Constitution received a major boost today (24 October 2011) when 8 former Attorneys General declared their opposition …
Press release – for immediate release Friday 21 October 2011 Voters in next Thursday’s referendum on Oireachtas inquiries (the 30th amendment to the Constitution) have been urged to reject proposals which NO campaigners claim could turn Oireachtas Committees into “kangaroo …
Press Release, for immediate release Wednesday, 20 October 2010 Ireland’s leading rights watchdog, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), has said that the Government’s new Home Defence Bill raises human rights issues that must be addressed before it …
Press Release, for immediate release 23 August 2010 Ireland’s leading rights watchdog, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has given a cautious welcome to Government proposals to boost the accountability of judges. The ICCL was reacting to the General …
Press release – for immediate release Monday, 19 July 2010 Ireland’s leading rights watchdog, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has welcomed the creation of a new Advisory Committee on Garda Questioning and indicated that it will closely study …
Press release 28 June 2010 For immediate release Two of Ireland’s leading rights watchdogs, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) and Digital Rights Ireland have joined calls from a network of European experts for an end to compulsory telecommunications …
