Press Releases

Experts Issue Pre-Release Report Card on the HSE Covid-19 Tracker App

02 July 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) and Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) have issued a report card ...
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ICCL and DRI raise questions on efficacy of HSE contact-tracing app

26 June 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) and Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) welcome the Health Service Executive ...
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Untenable in a democracy: ICCL renews call for abolition of Special Criminal Court

23 June 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), ahead of the mooted renewal of the Offences Against the ...
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What does the programme for government mean for human rights?

15 June 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has welcomed significant advances for human rights in the (draft) ...
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Garda COVID powers are unworkable and must be ended

4 June 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), in advance of an expected government announcement on moving into ...
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Data protection experts publish human rights principles for contact-tracing app

3 June 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties, together with Digital Rights Ireland, academics, and data protection experts, have ...
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ICCL calls for end to police powers and surveillance in phase two

27 May 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said it is time for the government to trust ...
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State risking human rights obligations, should return to policing by consent

13 May 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has said the State must more clearly demonstrate that it is ...
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Call to include physically distant protest as a reasonable excuse to leave home

23 April 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said that the government should review the decision to ...
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Organisations call for Human Rights Impact Assessment to inform state review of COVID19 response

23 April 2020 A number of organisations representing or concerned with communities who have been particularly affected by the COVID-19 ...
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ICCL and DRI say it’s time to scrap the Public Services Card

21 April 2020 Both the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) and Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) have welcomed a 40-page ...
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Any extension of garda powers must undergo human rights vetting process

10 April 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said any new extension of the extraordinary powers for ...
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ICCL: Extraordinary police powers should not be used

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said the Gardaí must continue to take a community policing approach to ...
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Emergency powers should only be exercised to protect public health

24 March 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said that new restrictions on non-essential services and outside ...
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ICCL says emergency legislation must include sunset clause

17 March 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has said it is imperative that any emergency legislation introduced to ...
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DRI & ICCL call for suspension of PSC requirement during COVID-19

DRI and ICCL call for suspension of PSC requirement for jobseekers during COVID-19 ...
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ICCL calls for rights-based response to protect most vulnerable during COVID-19

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties says a rights-based response will protect all of us from COVID-19 ...
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Liam Cunningham receives ICCL Lifetime Contribution Award for human rights work

6 March 2020 Game of Thrones actor Liam Cunningham this evening received the first ever ICCL Lifetime Contribution to Human ...
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Activists and artists launch inaugural ICCL Lifetime Contribution to Human Rights Award

18 February 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) and Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival today launched the ...
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ICCL: Incitement to Hatred Act doesn’t work

12 February 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said that Ireland may be falling short of its ...
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