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 …
ICCL welcomes blasphemy vote, calls for hate crime legislation
Dublin, 27 October 2018 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has welcomed the Yes vote in the referendum on blasphemy as an important step for free speech and the modernisation of our democracy. ICCL campaigned for a Yes vote …
Amnesty and ICCL make joint appeal for Yes vote in blasphemy referendum
Dublin, 22 October 2018 At a press conference in Dublin today, Amnesty International Ireland and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) made a joint call on the electorate to vote Yes to removing the word “blasphemous” from Article 40.6.1 …