Dublin, 29 April 2019 On 30 April, as part of Dublin UNESCO’s One City One Book, a coalition of human rights and arts organisations will come together to call for the immediate repeal of the Censorship of Publications Act. One …
Best Banned in the Land
Tuesday 30 April 2019, 11am – 4pm 11am Introduction with Una Mullally 11:20am Una Mullally interviews GlitterHOLE 12pm Panel One : Role of the State in Protecting Artistic Freedom of Expression CHAIR Una Mullally Speakers: Donal Fallon, historian. History of …
ICCL submission to the public consultation on regulation of online content
ICCL submitted a report on online content moderation to the Department of Communications on 15 April 2019. In it we assert that fundamental rights, including to privacy and to free expression, apply as much online as they do off. We …
Mother and Baby Homes: Time for Criminal Investigations
17 April 2019 More questions than it can answer The 5th interim report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission reveals disturbing detail on the failure of institutions to provide dignified burials for hundreds of children who died in their …
Policing Authority report: Why should things be different this time?
12 April 2019 Yesterday saw the publication of the Policing Authority’s final report into the modernisation of An Garda Síochána. There have been several processes of Garda reform since the Morris Tribunal report and while they have all led to …
ICCL alarmed by DNA collection company’s ignorance of privacy obligations
11 April 2019 ICCL is alarmed by reports that the private genomic research company Genomic Medicine Ireland (GMI) has expressed confusion regarding its basic obligations under the GDPR. Huge Privacy Risks ICCL’s Executive Director, Liam Herrick, said: “There are huge …
Annual Report 2017
The annual report for 2017 describes a period of very significant change for ICCL, as we undertook a restructuring process to allow us to meet the challenges of the changing environment for human rights work in Ireland. The most important …
ICCL welcomes new rules embracing diversity in the garda uniform
Dublin, 4 April 2019 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) today welcomes the Garda Commissioner’s plans to announce alterations to the garda uniform code to include headscarves and Sikh turbans. This is an overdue recognition of the increasingly diverse …
A dangerous proposition: ICCL on Naughton suggestion that facebook should require passport or PPS numbers
Dublin, 2 April 2019 ICCL has serious concerns about Hildegarde Naughton’s comments on requiring private social media companies like facebook to collect government issued identification including our PPS numbers or passports. These corporate platforms are not democratically elected governments – …
Human rights and arts organisations to celebrate artistic expression
Human rights and arts organisations come together to celebrate free artistic expression and call for an end to censorship in all of its forms.