16 May 2024 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has produced a report entitled Human Rights in Ireland: Analysing the Implementation of the Recommendations from the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland. Over five years have passed since …
07 November 2022 Briefing notes from ICCL and the Coalition Against Hate Crime (CAHC) outlining the major issues of concern of the organisations working to strengthen the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022, submitted …
04 July 2022 ICCL’s Luna Liboni and Doireann Ansbro were in Geneva today for Ireland’s 5th review by the UN Human Rights Committee. Here’s the statement they delivered to the Committee highlighting some of the key issues in our full …
3 June 2021 ICCL has published a new report, Human Rights in a Pandemic, the culmination of over a year monitoring the impact of covid and the restrictions on human rights. While we acknowledge that government has done well in …
8 April 2021 A coalition of human rights organisations led by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has submitted a wide-ranging and critical report to the UN Human Rights Council. The organisations are particularly critical of the lack of …
1 October 2020 This Friday, 2 October 2020, marks 13 years since Ireland signed but did not ratify the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture (OPCAT). That is 13 years where Ireland has promised to prevent torture and …
PDF version here ICCL supports the need for extraordinary governmental measures in these extraordinary times. However, we all need to be assured that when the emergency has passed this legislation, which foresees a significant interference with our rights, will also …
4 February 2020 Four of the major parties contesting General Election 2020 have committed to ICCL’s 8 straightforward but crucial asks which would advance the cause of human rights in Ireland if implemented. Sinn Féin, the Green Party, the Social …
8 January 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has reiterated its call to the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, to immediately establish safe zones around all medical centres that can provide abortion services so that women and pregnant …
26 June 2019 ICCL travelled to Cork, Ennis and Dublin between 19 and 22 June to meet with environmental activists, anti-war protesters, anti-eviction groups, and activists living in Direct Provision. We had individual meetings with some groups and we also …
Dublin, 4 June 2019 ICCL worked together with Dr Maeve O’Rourke of the Irish Centre for Human Rights to make a submission to the Oireachtas Justice Committee’s consultation on the Direct Provision system. We add our voice to those voices …
Dublin, 16 May 2019 Senator Lynn Ruane today launched her bill for reform of the Electoral Act with support from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), Education Equality and Amnesty International. Senator Ruane said: “I’m delighted to introduce this …
From campaigning for reproductive rights with Together for Yes, to launching our campaigns for Garda reform and freedom of association, the first half of 2018 was a busy time for ICCL! Click the link below to read all about it…. …
Our democracy depends on voters being able to present and receive correct information about politics. The State should protect that. The State should also protect people when they work together for the common good. Government should facilitate the participation of …
Sir, – As organisations and academics working for the protection and advancement of human rights in Northern Ireland and Ireland, there is much to welcome in the draft withdrawal agreement protocol published by the European Commission last week, which translates …
ICCL Submission to the Government’s Consultation on the Content of its First Report under the United Nation’s Convention Against Torture. Download the pdf here.
The ICCL’s observations on the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014, published on 29 April 2014. You can download the pdf here.
Civil Society Report to the Fourth Periodic Examination of Ireland under the ICCPR (June 2014) This report is divided into a number of sections drawing together all of the relevant information in relation to Ireland’s Fourth Periodic Examination under the …
A Communication from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) in the case of A, B and C against Ireland (Application No. 25579/2005), currently under enhanced supervision, under Rule 9.2 of the Rules of the Committee of Ministers. 5 June …
In December 2011 the European Court of Human Rights delivered its verdict in the case of ABC v Ireland. The judges ruled unanimously that Ireland’s failure to implement the existing constitutional right to a lawful abortion in Ireland when a …
