Date: 30 April 2019 Time: 11am – 4pm Place: Space Upstairs, Project Arts Centre Brendan Behan said it best: the finest Irish writers were all banned at some point. From James Joyce to Edna O’Brien, none escaped the censors’ …
ICCL submission to the public consultation on establishing an Electoral Commission
15 March 2019 ICCL has made a submission to the Department of Housing and Local Government’s public consultation on the establishment of an Electoral Commission. ICCL supports the establishment of an Electoral Commission because we believe it can strengthen the …
Heartbound: A Different Kind of Love Story wins ICCL human rights film award
Dublin, 3 March 2019 Danish film Heartbound: A Different Kind of Love Story has won the Irish Council for Civil Liberties’ 2019 Human Rights in Film Award. The jury also gave Special Commendation to Mannix Flynn’s Land Without God. The …
ICCL welcomes Finucane ruling, calls for public inquiry
Dublin, 27 February 2019 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has welcomed this morning’s UK Supreme Court decision, which found that there has been no effective investigation into the murder of Pat Finucane. We join the Finucane family in …
ICCL Human Rights Film Award relaunched
A Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival and Irish Council for Civil Liberties Partnership #RightsOnFilm Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties officially relaunched the ICCL Human Rights Film Award on 13 February. …
ICCL publishes latest edition of Rights News!
From victory for free speech in the blasphemy referendum, to the Guard Our Rights campaign for police reform, mass protests and mass surveillance, it’s been another busy semester for ICCL! Read all about it in Rights News for Autumn Winter …
Deaths in Contested Circumstances and Coroners’ Inquests: Time for Reform?
Where: Hilton Garden Hotel, Custom House Quay. When: 4pm, Thursday 7 February. Registration is essential: contestedcircumstances.eventbrite.ie When faced with an unexpected death, an inquest offers families the only means of establishing the ‘truth’ of the circumstances of that death. …
Rights News Spring/Summer 2018
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…. …
Dept of Social Protection refuses FOI request on Public Services Card
Dublin, 14 January 2019 The Department of Social Protection has refused to release information regarding the Data Protection Commissioner’s investigation into the Public Services Card, in part because it may “be contrary to the public interest”. The request was brought …
ICCL welcomes new Senior Research and Policy Officer, Doireann Ansbro
Dublin, 11 January 2019 ICCL is pleased to announce that Doireann Ansbro, previously of the International Commission of Jurists, has joined our growing team as Senior Research and Policy Officer. ICCL’s Executive Director Liam Herrick said: “Doireann …