3 March 2021 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) strongly welcomes the recent report from the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. The IHREC report echoes much of what ICCL has been saying for the past year – namely …
Questions about Facebook’s acquisition of Kustomer
We have written to Facebook ‘s Chief Privacy Officer, Michel Protti, to ask what FB will do with the data it gains when it acquires health & education chatbot company “Kustomer”.Facebook is acquiring a company called Kustomer. We fear that …
ICCL sends briefing to Oireachtas: Mandatory Quarantine and Human Rights Concerns
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is appalled at the planned steamrolling of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2021, (the Bill) through both houses of the Oireachtas today and tomorrow. This is an affront to our democratic system of law …
ICCL and Amnesty International Ireland call on TDs to extend the term of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes
The Commission must be extended until such time as the Data Protection Commission and any other body has concluded investigations into the legality of the destruction of audio recordings of testimonies given to the Confidential Committee.Survivors have been asking for …
ICCL writes to Health Minister re Mandatory Quarantine
On 19 January 2021, following a reignition of the public debate on mandatory quarantine, ICCL wrote to Health Minister Stephen Donnelly to outline for him the obligations on government to ensure any quarantine would respect rights. We copied the health …
Internal problems exposed at Irish Data Protection Commission
Listen to an audio version of this ICCL story (or download audio)9 February 2021 ICCL investigation reveals years of delays to major ICT overhaul intended to enable the Irish Data Protection Commission to enforce the GDPR.Documents obtained by ICCL under …
ICCL alerts Irish Government of strategic economic risk from failure to uphold the GDPR
This note makes public a letter to the Irish Government describing how Ireland is being sidestepped as a regulatory center. EU Member States are sidestepping Ireland to enforce the GDPR. This threatens Ireland’s position in the global digital economy. It also …
ICCL submission on the Defamation Act
3 April 2020 ICCL made a submission to the Department of Justice on the 2009 Defamation Act. Find it here: https://iccl.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ICCL-Defamation-Act-Submission-3.4.20.pdf
ICCL letter to Taoiseach & Health Minister re Covid-19 response
30 November 2020 ICCL wrote to the Taoiseach and Minister for Health urging them to change tack in the response to Covid-19 in order to be more human rights compliant, and therefore more effective.
Two years of DPC inaction on the ongoing RTB data breach: Irish people with AIDS profiled, and Polish elections influenced.
Irish Data Protection Commission inaction on the RTB privacy crisis means Irish people with AIDS were profiled, Polish elections were influenced, and the biggest data breach in history continues.
ICCL to address Oireachtas Covid-19 Committee
9 September 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) will address the Oireachtas COVID19 Committee today from 3pm. Liam Herrick (Executive Director) and Doireann Ansbro (Senior Research and Policy Officer) will make presentations. Our full submission addresses the issue …
ICCL writes to Covid committee ahead of travel regulations discussion
29 May 2020 Dear Ms Fallon,Many thanks for your letter. We are conscious that the Committee is considering matters concerning Travel Restrictions on Tuesday 2 June, therefore I attach herewith two documents, which I would be grateful if you might …
ICCL writes to Oireachtas Covid19 Committee
18 May 2020 Dear Members of the Special Committee,Further to our email to the Committee on 10 May, ICCL had strongly urged the Minister for Health to carry out a human rights impact assessment ahead of any new or extended …
ICCL writes to Oireachtas Commitee on COVID-19
10 May 2020 (via email) Dear Deputy, On behalf of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), I would like to congratulate you on your appointment to the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response. We welcome the establishment of this Committee …
A rights-based approach to healthcare
Our health, and our right to a decent standard of healthcare, has never been more important. But good healthcare is always our right, and everyone has the right to equal healthcare without discrimination – not healthcare on the basis of …
ICCL sends abortion safe zone investigation to Harris
8 January 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has reiterated its call to the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, to immediately establish safe zones around all medical centres that can provide abortion services so that women and pregnant …
ICCL contributes to shadow report for the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Dublin, 28 November 2019 On 2 and 3 December, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination will examine Ireland. Ireland has signed up to the UN Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and so it must periodically …
ICCL letter to UN Human Rights body re Lisa Smith
ICCL writes to the UN expressing concern about rights of Lisa Smith and daughter
ICCL Gendered Online Harassment paper
Online harassment and harmful communications are significant social problems mirroring structural exclusions offline. This is a gendered problem: 23% of women across the EU have reported experiencing online abuse in their lifetime. At ICCL we recently carried out independent qualitative …
The Public Services Card: Enforced Digital Identities for Social Protection Services
Dublin, 7 June 2019 We recently submitted information to the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty, Professor Philip Alston, for his next report to the UN Human Rights Council. His report will focus on how digital technology is impacting on …