ICCL has submitted a report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
Submission to the Public Consultation on Ballot Paper Design & Candidate Address Disclosure
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties recently made a submission to the Public Consultation on Ballot Paper Design and Candidate Address Disclosure.
Google and CEO Sundar Pichai under fire for sending Americans’ data to China in new national security complaint
U.S. Federal Trade Commission urged to Investigate Google’s RTB data in first ever complaint under new national security data law
ICCL Submission to the Public Consultation on Jury Reform
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties recently made a submission to the Public Consultation on Jury reform,
Submission on the Prohibitions under the EU AI Act
9 December 2024 ICCL Enforce responded to the consultation from the European Commission on the application of the definition of AI systems and the prohibitions under the EU AI Act. In our submission we emphasise the need to prohibit two harmful …
Enforce’s recommendations to Ursula von der Leyen on Tech
Practical steps to rapidly harness Europe’s legal toolkit to confront Tech published today by President von der Leyen’s own CDU Party’s think tank.
ICCL Submission to the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance
ICCL met members of ECRI during its November 2024 monitoring mission to Ireland.
Submission to the Irish Government on AI Act Implementation
17 July 2024 ICCL Enforce responded to the consultation from the Irish government on the national implementation of the EU AI Act. By 2 August 2025, the Irish government will appoint the regulators responsible to enforce the AI regulation. ICCL …
ICCL writes to Minister for Justice and Senators re: proposed naturalised citizenship amendments
16 July 2024Today, ICCL wrote to Senators and the Minister for Justice outlining concerns on proposals to allow naturalised Irish citizens to have their citizenship revoked. Aside from creating a tiered form of citizenship, the way the proposal was introduced …
The UK Competition Authority Should Investigate the AI Partnerships now
13 May 2024 ICCL Enforce along with ally civil society organisations made a joint submission to the CMA, the UK’s competition authority, on three AI partnerships: Microsoft/Inflection, Microsoft/Mistral, and Amazon/Anthropic. The CMA should investigate all these partnerships and assess their …
Submission to the European Commission on dual-use R&D funding
30 April 2024 ICCL Enforce wrote to the European Commission to keep funding for civil applications and defence applications separate, and not to normalise military research at academic institutions. Open science and international cooperation should be encouraged while funding for …
New manifesto for Europe
A roadmap for reimagining the mission, structure, and powers of the European Commission and European Parliament to restore freedom, opportunity, and prosperity to all its citizens by reining in and dispersing concentrated economic power.
ICCL Enforce Urges European Commission to Address Concentration in AI
11 March 2024 ICCL Enforce along with ally civil society organisations made a joint submission to the European Commission’s call for contributions on competition in generative AI. This follows our previous submission to the European Commission that was specific to …
Europe should follow Africa’s lead on tech and elections
Thierry Breton urged to follow Africa’s lead with clear and concrete protections from tech for voters during elections.
Submission to European Commission on Microsoft-OpenAI “partnership” merger inquiry
2 February 2024 Earlier this week, ICCL along with a diverse group of organisations made a submission to European Commission on Microsoft-OpenAI “partnership” merger inquiry. The submission builds on our submission to the UK competition authority.See ICCLs related work on …
More than 60 organisations urge strong action by Coimisiún na Meán on “recommender system” algorithms
Together, we present evidence of harms, and urge robust action Coimisiún na Meán’s draft Code for video platforms.
Submission on Microsoft-OpenAI “partnership” merger inquiry
9 January 2024 Along with a coalition of civil society organisations, ICCL has submitted comments in response to the UK’s competition authority’s Microsoft-OpenAI merger enquiry. Microsoft’s investments in OpenAI and the events of November 2023 indicate the influence Microsoft has …
ICCL submission on G7 generative AI consultation
25 October 2023The European Commission launched a one-week consultation on 13 October 2023 to gather views on G7 guiding principles on generative AI. These principles will result in a code of conduct, which organisations could commit to. This is not …
Flaws in the European Commission’s plan to fix GDPR procedures
ICCL has prepared amendments to the European Commission’s proposal for procedural harmonisation on cross-border GDPR enforcement.
ICCL Second Stage Briefing Note for Senators on Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill (2023)
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) broadly welcomes the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill, (PSCS Bill). This Bill introduces some welcome reforms, in line with recommendations by the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland (CoFPI).