Every year, the Oireachtas votes to continue emergency powers which have been in use since 1972. This involves passing a declaration that Ireland’s ordinary courts are inadequate to effectively administer justice, justifying the existence of the Special Criminal Court, a …
Title: Director of Research and Policy Salary: €65,000- €80,000 per annum, dependent on experience Type: Full time, permanent Location: Castleriver House, (1st Floor), 14/15 Parliament Square, Dublin 2 with options for hybrid working About the Irish Council for Civil Liberties …
We’re looking for someone to develop a project on racial profiling and police in Ireland The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is an independent NGO that works to protect and promote human rights in Ireland. The Irish Network against …
EU data protection authorities find that the consent popups that plagued Europeans for years are illegal. All data collected through them must be deleted. This decision impacts Google’s, Amazon’s and Microsoft’s online advertising businesses.
About the Fellowship Recruitment is commencing for the ICCL and The Bar of Ireland Procedural Rights Fellowship. This nine-month Fellowship Programme is for early career barristers (years 1-3). The Fellowship will involve a barrister advancing a programme of research, policy …
7 February 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has welcomed the first meeting of the Judicial Council which is made up of all 168 sitting Irish judges. We particularly welcome the intention to draft sentencing guidelines to ensure …
10 July 2019 Following the broadcast of the RTÉ Documentary on One “Whistleblower” on 6 July, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) and Amnesty International Ireland reiterate our calls for an independent public inquiry into the Sallins train robbery …
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, …
Full report: Human Rights Based Policing in Ireland Dublin, 14 September 2018 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) today launched a report by the former human rights advisor to the Policing Board of Northern Ireland, Alyson Kilpatrick, on how …
Dublin, 12 September 2018 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is today demanding answers from An Garda Síochána over the tactics used during an eviction of housing rights activists from a building at North Frederick Street in Dublin’s North …
