ICCL welcomes blasphemy vote, calls for hate crime legislation

ICCL2018, ACTIVISM, PROTEST & CIVIL SOCIETY, Human Rights, Monitoring Human Rights, NEWS, PRESS RELEASE

Dublin, 27 October 2018 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has welcomed the Yes vote in the referendum on blasphemy as an important step for free speech and the modernisation of our democracy. ICCL campaigned for a Yes vote …

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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

ICCL2018, EQUALITY & INCLUSION, EVENTS, NEWS, PRESS RELEASE

Dublin, 4 July 2018   In a report launched today by Emily Logan, Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, Ireland is shown to be seriously deficient in addressing hate crime. The Lifecycle of a Hate Crime: …