Press Releases

Irish Data Protection Commission inaction means Irish people with AIDS were profiled, Polish elections were influenced, and the biggest data breach in history continues.

21 September 2020 A new ICCL report reveals that failure by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) to stop a ...
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Children’s Rights Alliance: Spit hoods fly in the face of government’s progressive youth strategy

17 September 2020 In response to the latest Policing Authority Report on the policing of the pandemic, the Children’s Rights ...
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Ahead of garda review, ICCL calls for use of “barbaric” spit hoods to be immediately ended

30 August 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has made a detailed submission to An Garda Síochána ahead ...
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ICCL calls on government not to reintroduce garda powers

18 August 2020 ICCL does not support the reintroduction of expanded powers of enforcement for An Garda Síochána or the ...
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ICCL questions gardaí over allegedly illegal eviction

13 August 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has written to Garda Commissioner Drew Harris to request information ...
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Dr Johnny Ryan takes up new privacy role at ICCL

6 August 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is delighted to announce that Dr. Johnny Ryan FRHistS is ...
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ICCL releases 2019 Annual Report

26 July 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has today published a report on our work and finances ...
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Serious privacy and data harvesting concerns about technology underlying HSE app

21 July 2020 Experts have today raised the alarm about serious privacy and data harvesting concerns related to Google Play ...
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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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