On the UN International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties reiterates our call for the State to ratify the UN Convention on Enforced Disappearances (CED), and to ensure the excavations at the former mother and baby institution in Tuam align with international human rights law.
15 November 2022 ICCL has written again to Minister O’Gorman calling for a reversal of his decision not to task an independent human rights legal expert to review the content and treatment of survivor testimony given to Mother and Baby …
ICCL has written to Minister O’Gorman calling for a reversal of his decision not to task an independent human rights legal expert to review the content and treatment of survivor testimony given to MBH Commission, in light of recent UN …
17 May 2022 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said the Mother and Baby Homes redress scheme must be significantly broadened to include all survivors. In a submission to the Oireachtas Children’s Committee, the human rights organisation said …
21 February 2022 Ahead of the Cabinet meeting on the Institutional Burials Bill tomorrow, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has reiterated the key human rights issues which government must ensure are addressed in the new draft. If the …
14 January 2022 As Ireland grapples with the challenges posed by a global pandemic and government responses to that, we bring you an update on ICCL’s work since February 2021. Not only that, we celebrate 45 years since ICCL was …
11 November 2021 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has welcomed commitments from government on preventing torture and ensuring justice for enforced disappearances. Yesterday the government made these commitments to an audience of its peers at the UN Human Rights …
24 June 2021 A new law which proposes to give adopted people access to their birth certs for the first time is very welcome but must be amended so that all falsified birth certs are covered, and so that adoptions from …
9 June 2021 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said it is now abundantly clear that the Mother and Baby Homes Commission and its report were not fit for purpose. However, the rights body has said that this …
ICCL was busier than ever in late 2020 and early 2021. We are incredibly grateful for the support of our members which allows us to campaign for human rights even during the most difficult times. We report to members twice …
24 March 2021 On the International Day for the Right to Truth, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has written to the UN expert on truth, justice, and reparations regarding the Mother and Baby Homes Commission report. We have …
On Women’s Day ICCL calls for access to documents, inquests and a full systemic investigation 8 March 2021 Abuse which could be considered torture, enforced disappearances, modern slavery. These are just some of the wide-ranging and systemic human rights violations …
The Commission must be extended until such time as the Data Protection Commission and any other body has concluded investigations into the legality of the destruction of audio recordings of testimonies given to the Confidential Committee.Survivors have been asking for …
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said that the State cannot shirk its obligations under legally binding international human rights treaties to vindicate the rights of people who survived the Mother and Baby Homes. The State’s international human …
12 January 2021 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is calling on government to ensure real and lasting justice for survivors of Mother and Baby Homes, including through inquests where appropriate. We also call for an investigation to examine …
Dublin, 30 August 2019 On the International Day of the Disappeared, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has reiterated our call for the government to ratify the UN Convention on Enforced Disappearances (CED). It is essential that government appropriately …
ICCL Follow-up report to UNCAT This report by the ICCL was submitted to the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) on 26 November 2018 and forms part of the process of ‘follow-up’ to the CAT’s second set of Concluding Observations on Ireland, …
Dublin, 23 October 2018 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has welcomed the announcement by the government to implement a multi-disciplinary framework, known as “humanitarian forensic action”, in order to identify the remains of those buried in an unmarked …
