22 October 2021 ICCL has written to Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly reiterating our firm opposition to the idea of a domesticvaccine passport system. We have been opposed to the system since March and our position remains the same: the …
Serious questions about proposal for extending and expanding Covid Pass system: ICCL
19 October 2021 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said the Government’s proposals to extend and expand the Covid Pass system give rise to serious human rights and equality concerns. The organisation says government needs to make several …
Rights group says strengthening of oversight essential to garda reform
15 October 2021 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is set to tell the Oireachtas Justice Committee that proposals for improved garda oversight are essential to the garda reform process and must not be watered down. Proposals on the …
Call for Government to invest 0.01% of Budget in Human Rights
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE/ Call for Government to invest 0.01% of Budget in Human Rights 7 October 2021 As the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) launches our first ever pre-budget submission, we are calling on the government to ring-fence …
ICCL to ask States to recommend investigation into forced adoption at Ireland’s review by UN Human Rights Council
6 October 2021 Irish human rights organisations are to petition states to make recommendations to Ireland on its human rights record. It comes as Ireland will face a review by the UN Human Rights Council in November. The Irish Council …
Europe’s Wild West: damning new stats on Big Tech in Ireland
ICCL report exposes a data free-for-all for companies like Google and Facebook 13 September 2021 Europe is unable to police how big tech firms use people’s data, and Ireland is Europe’s Wild West when it comes to data protection. That’s …
ICCL welcomes commitment to end restrictions; calls for deadline to apply to quarantine, vaccine passports
31 August 2021 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has welcomed the plan to end Covid restrictions by 22 October. The organisation has called on government to confirm this date will also apply to mandatory hotel quarantine and vaccine passports. …
ICCL reiterates call for safe access zones for abortion services
19 August 2021 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) with Together for Safety has said that everyone has a right to access healthcare safely, with dignity, and in privacy. We are calling on the Minister for Health to follow …