On the UN International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties reiterates our call for the State to ratify the UN Convention on Enforced Disappearances (CED), and to ensure the excavations at the former mother and baby institution in Tuam align with international human rights law.
15 November 2022 ICCL has written again to Minister O’Gorman calling for a reversal of his decision not to task an independent human rights legal expert to review the content and treatment of survivor testimony given to Mother and Baby …
ICCL has written to Minister O’Gorman calling for a reversal of his decision not to task an independent human rights legal expert to review the content and treatment of survivor testimony given to MBH Commission, in light of recent UN …
17 May 2022 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said the Mother and Baby Homes redress scheme must be significantly broadened to include all survivors. In a submission to the Oireachtas Children’s Committee, the human rights organisation said …
21 February 2022 Ahead of the Cabinet meeting on the Institutional Burials Bill tomorrow, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has reiterated the key human rights issues which government must ensure are addressed in the new draft. If the …
14 January 2022 As Ireland grapples with the challenges posed by a global pandemic and government responses to that, we bring you an update on ICCL’s work since February 2021. Not only that, we celebrate 45 years since ICCL was …
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 …
24 June 2021 A new law which proposes to give adopted people access to their birth certs for the first time is very welcome but must be amended so that all falsified birth certs are covered, and so that adoptions from …
9 June 2021 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said it is now abundantly clear that the Mother and Baby Homes Commission and its report were not fit for purpose. However, the rights body has said that this …
