Irish Council for Civil Liberties

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (Irish: An Chomhairle um Chearta Daonna) is an Irish non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting the civil liberties and human rights of people in Ireland.

Irish Council for Civil Liberties
Formation1976
TypeNGO
HeadquartersDublin, Ireland
Chairperson
Dr Muiris O'Ceidigh
Key people
Liam Herrick, Executive Director
Websitehttp://www.iccl.ie

History

Founded in 1976 by future President Mary Robinson, Kader Asmal and others. Their primary role is in campaigning for civil rights as well as networking with other civil rights groups both nationally and internationally. During the divorce campaign of the 1980s and 1990s, the ICCL campaigned to support the legalisation of divorce which had previously been prohibited in the Constitution. In 1995 this was successfully passed.

The ICCL are a member organisation of the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH).

The ICCL has repeatedly sought the abolition of the Special Criminal Court, and in 2009 opposed its expansion from a narrow focus on state security-related trials to also include organised crime.[1]

In October 2011, the ICCL said the information provided to voters in advance of polling in two constitutional referendums on the Twenty-ninth Amendment and Thirtieth Amendment was "tardy and inadequate".[2] and advocated a 'no' vote on the proposed Thirtieth Amendment.[3] The Thirtieth Amendment was subsequently rejected by 116,000 votes.[4]

In January 2020, the ICCL criticised management at CBS Kilkenny for attempting to implement facial recognition technology to record and process the biometric data of children and staff in the school. The implementation was postponed as a result.[5]

In May 2020 ICCL suggested that Gardaí using spit hood during the COVID-19 pandemic might be "inhumane and degrading".[6]

In recent years, the ICCL has prioritized police and justice reform as one of its main causes.

See also

References
  1. MacGuill, Dan (10 February 2016). "FactCheck: Who wants to get rid of the Special Criminal Court?". thejournal.ie. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  2. Edwards, Elaine."Referendum information 'inadequate' - ICCL", The Irish Times. 27 October 2011.
  3. "Legal groups join call for no vote in referendum". IrishExaminer.com. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  4. "Citizens 1, Government 1". IrishTimes.com. 31 October 2011. pp. Opinion & Analysis. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  5. "School puts plans for facial recognition pilot on hold over GDPR". Business Post. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  6. Irish Council for Civil Liberties [@ICCLtweet] (13 May 2020). "Spit hoods, like all full hoods forced over someone's head, could constitute inhuman or degrading treatment. If gardaí were taking human rights principles into account as they say in this article, then they would not be using them at all" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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