Cabinet must respect human rights law on Mother and Baby Homes

ICCL2022, EQUALITY & INCLUSION, NEWS, PRESS RELEASE

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 …

UN expert criticises Special Criminal Court and Offences Against the State Act

ICCL2018, DIGITAL & DATA, EVENTS, NEWS, POLICE & JUSTICE REFORM, PRESS RELEASE

Dublin, 21 November 2018 At a lecture in Dublin tonight, the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, has said that counter-terrorism laws which contravene human …

Emergency Laws, Counter Terrorism and Human Rights

ICCL2018, DIGITAL & DATA, EVENTS, NEWS

On 21 November ICCL and INCLO will host the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, for a public event on counter-terrorism measures and their impact …