6 June 2022 ICCL has just submitted a report to the UN Human Rights Committee, which will be examining civil and political rights in Ireland from 4-7 July 2022. We find gaps under the Right to Life, Freedom from Torture …
ICCL report on the scale of Real-Time Bidding data broadcasts in the U.S. and Europe
New report: the $127 billion “Real-Time Bidding” online ad industry tracks & shares what people view online, and their locations, 178 Trillion times a year in the U.S. & Europe.
A Renaissance of the Peace Process
ICCL and our Northern Ireland sister organisation, the Committee on the Administration of Justice, held a conference to mark 20 years of the Good Friday Agreement. ICCL’s Head of Legal and Policy Doireann Ansbro spoke on the pressing need to …
Towards Best Practice: A report on the new Judicial Council in Ireland
Government underfunding of the judiciary is hampering access to justice in Ireland. Ireland has the lowest number of judges per head in the EU. The State does not provide sufficient resources for the education and training courses that are needed …
New report on rule of law in Ireland
15 February 2022 A new European report finds that persistent failure to address systemic human rights issues such as the legacy of Mother and Baby Homes and the continuance of Direct Provision is impacting the rule of law in Ireland. …
ICCL report on the coroners system
“If you think this system is capable of finding out what happened to your relative because it is a really good system and you can put your faith in it? Think again.” ICCL, with Professor Phil Scraton and Gillian McNaull, …
ICCL Policing Reports
A Human Rights Based Approach to Policing On 14 September 2018 ICCL launched a report by the former human rights advisor to thePolicing Board of Northern Ireland, Alyson Kilpatrick, on why and how a human rights basedapproach to Garda reform …
Sustainability without surveillance
New report: Tracking-based online advertising imperils fundamental rights and publisher sustainability by diverting data and revenue from publishers.
Europe’s enforcement paralysis: ICCL’s 2021 GDPR report
New insights in to GDPR enforcers across the EU reveal that Europe is unable to police how big tech firms use people’s data.
Call for more rights protections and an end to police powers in pandemic response
3 June 2021 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said that government must learn lessons from how the pandemic has impacted on human rights. In a wide-ranging report published today ICCL said emergency measures that restricted rights – …