Press Releases

L-R Colm O'Gorman, Gina Menzies, Liam Herrick

Amnesty and ICCL make joint appeal for Yes vote in blasphemy referendum

Dublin, 22 October 2018 At a press conference in Dublin today, Amnesty International Ireland and the Irish Council for Civil ...
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You cannot silence the children from the graves

ICCL welcomes Clann report, calls for statutory right to information

Dublin, 15 October 2018 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has welcomed the publication of the Clann Project Report ...
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Electoral Act stifling NGOs says EU Rights Agency

Dublin, 11 October 2018 The Irish Electoral Act has been strongly criticised by a broad coalition of NGOs and the ...
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ICCL calls for YES vote in Blasphemy Referendum

Dublin, 27 September 2018 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has announced that we will campaign for a yes ...
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ICCL welcomes CFP emphasis on rights, makes recommendations for implementation

Dublin, 18 September 2018 ICCL welcomes CFP emphasis on rights, makes recommendations for implementation The Irish Council for Civil Liberties ...
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ICCL statement on Minister for Justice, Charlie Flanagan’s statement regarding the recording of Gardai on duty

17th September 2018 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is seriously concerned by the Minister for Justice’s suggestion on ...
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INCLO welcomes historic win against UK mass surveillance regime

Strasbourg, 14 September 2018 In a landmark win for seven INCLO members, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled ...
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ICCL publishes ground-breaking guide to implementing human rights reform of Gardaí

Full report: Human Rights Based Policing in Ireland Dublin, 14 September 2018 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) today ...
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Masked Gardai assist unidentified men in balaclavas to carry out an eviction

ICCL demands answers from Gardaí over disproportionate and unaccountable tactics used at North Frederick Street eviction

Dublin, 12 September 2018 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is today demanding answers from An Garda Síochána over ...
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NWCI and ICCL call on Dublin City Council to stop the sale of the former Magdalene Laundry

Dublin, 3 September 2018. The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) have ...
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ICCL: Tuam and adoption scandals may involve enforced disappearances

30 August 2018 On UN International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) ...
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ICCL questions Gardaí on legality of security measures for Papal visit

Dublin, 22 August 2018 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has not received satisfactory answers from An Garda Síochána ...
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ICCL welcomes Amnesty result; calls on Government to amend unclear law

Dublin, 31 July 2018 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) today welcomes the outcome of the legal challenge taken ...
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Speakers at today's press conference (L-R) Sr. Stanislaus, Focus Ireland, Liam Herrick, Executive Director - Irish Council for Civil Liberties, (centre), April Duff, Legal Officer, Education Equality, Ivan Cooper, Director of Advocacy with The Wheel and Steve Lawson, Humanist Association of Ireland. Picture Conor McCabe Photography.

Civil society organisations under threat at home whilst Foreign Affairs champions civil society abroad

Dublin, 6 July 2018 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), along with a coalition of other leading civil society ...
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NGOs call for greater protection of domestic civil society as Foreign Affairs launches resolution at UN

Dublin, 6 July 2018 Five civil society organisations will today hold a press conference to welcome the approval by the ...
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Ireland has among highest rates of hate crime against people of African background and transgender people in the EU, but no laws to address it

Dublin, 4 July 2018 In a report launched today by Emily Logan, Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and ...
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