ICCL has been campaigning for the ratification of the Optional Protocol Against Torture for years. Finally after a significant period of inaction, the Government is taking steps towards ratification. ICCL stands for a country where everyone feels safe, no matter …
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. …
11 November 2021 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has welcomed commitments from government on preventing torture and ensuring justice for enforced disappearances. Yesterday the government made these commitments to an audience of its peers at the UN Human Rights …
8 April 2021 A coalition of human rights organisations led by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has submitted a wide-ranging and critical report to the UN Human Rights Council. The organisations are particularly critical of the lack of …
24 November 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has welcomed the publication of the report by the Council of Europe’s Committee on the Prevention of Torture today following its visit to Ireland in late 2019. We welcome the …
1 October 2020 This Friday, 2 October 2020, marks 13 years since Ireland signed but did not ratify the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture (OPCAT). That is 13 years where Ireland has promised to prevent torture and …
15 June 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has welcomed significant advances for human rights in the (draft) programme for government published today. We especially welcome the commitments to end Direct Provision and bring in a law to …
13 May 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has said the State must more clearly demonstrate that it is taking into account its human rights obligations in its response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Under the Irish Constitution, the European …
ICCL with other organisations have written to the Minister of Justice this afternoon calling for the closure of the Direct Provision Centre in Cahersiveen. We believe the hotel there is unfit accommodation for people seeking international protection during the Covid-19 …
ICCL with IRC and Nasc have sent a joint letter to the Department of Justice expressing concerns that confining all residents of the Direct Provision Centre in Caherciveen to the Centre may constitute arbitrary detention and/ or discrimination. The new …
Dublin, 28 November 2019 On 2 and 3 December, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination will examine Ireland. Ireland has signed up to the UN Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and so it must periodically …
ICCL responds to racist comments made by a public representative at a public meeting in Oughterard
ICCL Follow-up report to UNCAT This report by the ICCL was submitted to the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) on 26 November 2018 and forms part of the process of ‘follow-up’ to the CAT’s second set of Concluding Observations on Ireland, …
Dublin, 26 June 2018 Ratify OPCAT and allow inspection of direct provision centres: ICCL On International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is calling for the ratification of the Optional …
