Sr. Stanislaus Kennedy is the founder of Focus Ireland. She spoke at a press conference organised by ICCL on 6 July 2018. This is a very important debate in Ireland today. I want to speak about the area known …
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 by Amnesty International Ireland against the Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPOC). SIPOC has agreed to fully retract its demand …
April Duff of Education Equality on Sipo threatening them with prosecution and no longer accepting donations over €100
April Duff (centre) pictured at the ICCL/The Wheel/Front Line Defenders/Transparency International press conference on 6 July 2018 where she spoke about Education Equality’s interactions with Sipo in 2017. April will speak at the official launch of the campaign for reform of …
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 organisations, this morning held a press conference to mark the adoption of a landmark Irish-led resolution on the importance …
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 UN Human Rights Council of an Irish-led resolution on civil society space, and to call for the principles to be …
ICCL unveils mural calling for Repeal of the 8th Amendment
Dublin, 18 May 2018 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) today unveiled a campaign mural calling for a YES vote in the forthcoming referendum at Bang Bang café in Phibsborough. ICCL commissioned street artist and graphic designer Giant Sigh …
ICCL releases statement on freedom of artistic expression and unveils mural calling for a YES vote
Dublin, 18 May 2018 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is today sounding an alarm about the chilling effect it is observing in the wake of the censorship of Maser’s Repeal the 8th mural and Una Mullally’s Question of …
ICCL calls on government to defend freedom of speech and protect referendum posters
Dublin, 27 April 2018 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has today said that referendum posters are an important expression of political speech which must be protected and that the State has a duty to guarantee the right to …
This is about freedom of speech: ICCL criticises removal of Maser mural
Dublin, 23 April 2018 Read our policy on censorship of art. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has said that today’s removal of the well-known Repeal the 8th mural by street artist Maser raises very serious concerns for freedom of …
Sipo and the Chilling Effect on Civil Society
Article by Hugh O’Connell and Barry J. Whyte in the Sunday Business Post on 4 March 2018 Towards the end of the last century, a series of political corruption scandals evoked the prescient remarks of Fianna Fáil’s George Colley in …
Opinion: should we allow foreign donations to support the activities of Irish civil society organisations?
by Professor Ray Murphy (Irish Centre for Human Rights) Civil society organisations such as the Irish Council for Civil Liberties and Amnesty International play a vital role in promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms. One of the chief ways they do this is by holding …
ICCL stands in solidarity with Hungarian civil society
The ICCL has joined 265 civil society organisations* in signing the following declaration of solidarity with Hungarian civil society: HUNGARY: Drop #LexNGO2018 On 13 February 2018, the Hungarian government tabled to Parliament a proposed legislative pack of three laws, commonly …
EU Rights Agency Highlights Difficulties Facing Civil Society in Member States, including Ireland
Dublin, 18 January 2018 The EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) today released a report detailing the increasing difficulties for civil society organisations (CSOs) operating within the EU. In a highly critical report, the agency details the hostile environment for …
Election regulations are shutting down civil society: ICCL
8 December 2017 Election regulations are shutting down civil society, states ICCL The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is today calling on Government to address deficiencies in Ireland’s electoral laws which are imposing severe restrictions on Irish civil society …
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