ICCL made a submission to the Oireachtas Justice Committee on the new Garda Powers Bill. While we welcome the initiative in codifying police powers, we have serious concerns about some new powers and the impact they will have on rights. …
ICCL calls on Gardaí to end use of humiliating spit hoods following Northern Ireland report
12 November 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is again calling on An Garda Síochána to immediately end the use of spit hoods. The Northern Ireland Policing Board has today released a report calling for an end to …
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 of Tuesday’s review by the force of its use of spit hoods. In it, ICCL says that human rights law …
Liam Herrick: Detrimental to allow ‘opinion’ evidence in Mulready-Woods case
18 January 2020 The murder of Keane Mulready-Woods is one of the most serious and shocking crimes we have seen in Ireland and demands a robust and comprehensive policing response. The Minister for Justice and Garda Commissioner have made commitments …
ICCL calls for a human rights focus in every aspect of Garda reform
18 December 2018 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) today welcomes the publication of the Government’s Implementation Plan for the Commission on the Future (CFP) of Policing Report. ICCL particularly welcomes the details set out in the Plan and …
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 (ICCL) has warmly welcomed the strong focus on human rights in the report of the Commission on the Future of …
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 the radio this morning that he supports legislation to outlaw the photographing of Gardai acting in the course of their …
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 launched a report by the former human rights advisor to the Policing Board of Northern Ireland, Alyson Kilpatrick, on how …
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 the tactics used during an eviction of housing rights activists from a building at North Frederick Street in Dublin’s North …
Gareth Noble on children’s interactions with An Garda Síochána
Gareth Noble heads up the Children’s Law Department with KOD Lyons. He spoke at ICCL’s event Rights-based policing: Visions from the Community on 18 July 2018. I want to offer some observations having practised in the Children’s Court since …