New report: how RTB data about Europe’s political leaders, judges, and military personnel flow to foreign states and non-state actors. We also show that Google (and others) send EU and US RTB data to Russia and China.
Statement on remarks by Data Protection Commissioner on RTE Six One News on 22 May 2023
ICCL responds to statement made on television news by Data Protection Commissioner
Hate Crime Coalition says Government will not be finished tackling hate crime when legislation is passed
8 November 2022 The Coalition Against Hate Crime Ireland looks forward to seeing the passage of new hate crime legislation through the Oireachtas and calls for proper implementation and complementary measures. For too long victims have gone without proper justice …
Better engagement with impacted communities paramount as hate crime and extreme hate speech legislation advances at the Oireachtas
27 October 2022 The Coalition Against Hate Crime Ireland welcomes the announcement that the Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences Bill 2022 will be published today. We have been calling for this legislation for many years and the …
ICCL Expresses Disappointment at Lack of Investment in Human Rights Infrastructure in Budget
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE/ 28 September 2022 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has expressed disappointment that the government has chosen not to invest in areas identified by ICCL that would help protect and guarantee human rights in its Budget 2023. …
Accountability for past human rights violations: Mother and Baby Homes
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 …
Remarks on €405 million fine imposed on Instagram
It is clear from other data protection authorities examination of the DPC’s work that there are problems, but the DPC has succeeded in forcing Instagram to fix a problem that had exposed children to risk for years. We applaud it for doing so.
#StandByMe
Hate crime and hate speech deliver a message of threat, inferiority and exclusion. They aim at silencing entire communities. They not only affect the person subjected to them, the hurt is felt by entire communities, in many cases hundreds of …