We are concerned about the report’s recommendation that legislation be introduced to enable police informants to participate in crime.
Facial recognition tech could mean innocent people being misidentified as criminal suspects
ICCL calls for all political parties to abandon plans for discriminatory tech in policing ahead of general election.
‘Scrap plans for facial recognition tech’ says man wrongfully arrested in the US
Robert Williams was wrongfully arrested in the US and is calling on the Minister for Justice not to introduce facial recognition tech into Irish policing.
‘Police Surveillance North and South: Covert Intelligence, Facial Recognition Technology, Oversight and Human Rights’ Conference Report
16 May 2024 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) and the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) have produced a conference report of the the Police Surveillance North and South: Covert Intelligence, Facial Recognition Technology, Oversight and Human …
Justice Committee highlights serious deficiencies with Facial Recognition Technology bill
27 February 2024 Committee asks An Garda Síochána to clarify how they intend to use FRT; calls on Justice Minister to address discrimination and accuracy concerns The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice has today [Tuesday] published its pre-legislative scrutiny report …
ICCL and DRI present to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice on Draft General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2023
13 February 2024 ICCL Senior Policy Officer Olga Cronin, along with our colleagues at Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) presented to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice on the Draft General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2023. …
Irish Council for Civil Liberties supports O’Farrell family call for independent inquiry
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is supporting the call this week by the O’Farrell family for an independent public inquiry into the circumstances of the unlawful death of their son and brother, Shane O’Farrell.
New policing Bills do not provide sufficient oversight of An Garda Síochána – ICCL
Two pieces of policing legislation will be considered back to back on Wednesday evening by the Daíl Justice Committee: the Garda (Recording Devices) Bill and the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill.
ICCL highlights concerns over proposed Garda use of Facial Recognition Technology
25 November 2022 On 23 November 2022 ICCL signed a joint letter to Minister for Jusitce, Helen McEntee TD, outlining our concerns over the government’s ongoing plans to legislate for and deploy policing facial recognition technologies (FRT).
An Garda Síochána unlawfully retains files on innocent people who it has already cleared of producing or sharing of child sex abuse material
Data of people posting innocuous images or videos, such as children playing on a beach, unlawfully kept in a net of surveillance and suspicion with no cause