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 …
On Day of Right to Truth ICCL writes to UN re Mother and Baby Homes
24 March 2021 On the International Day for the Right to Truth, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has written to the UN expert on truth, justice, and reparations regarding the Mother and Baby Homes Commission report. We have …
Irish Civil Society Brings Funding Law to UN
01 July 2020 A coalition of NGOs has written to a UN human rights expert expressing concern that overly stringent restrictions on funding mean Irish campaigners are hampered in their work. The NGOs say that in the past three years …
ICCL letter to UN Human Rights body re Lisa Smith
ICCL writes to the UN expressing concern about rights of Lisa Smith and daughter
Government agencies using PSC not convinced it’s useful
ICCL conducted a survey of 164 government bodies who can use the PSC. Their responses are cause for concern.
UN expert criticises Special Criminal Court and Offences Against the State Act
Dublin, 21 November 2018 At a lecture in Dublin tonight, the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, has said that counter-terrorism laws which contravene human …
Emergency Laws, Counter Terrorism and Human Rights
On 21 November ICCL and INCLO will host the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, for a public event on counter-terrorism measures and their impact …