May 2022
ICCL voiced our concern that the continuing undemocratic restrictions on freedom of
association contained in the 1997 Electoral Act which will be further encoded into law in the Electoral Reform Bill.
Our submission supplements those made by the Coalition for Civil Society Freedom, which ICCL coordinates.
ICCL also makes recommendations concerning the structure, powers and governance of the proposed Electoral Commission, privacy concerns relating to proposals for the electoral register, the scope of the proposals for political advertising, and the exercise of democratic rights in the context of national emergencies.