Irish Council for Civil Liberties 🏳️🌈
Ireland’s oldest independent human rights body. Find out more & sign up for updates: http://iccl.ie
- ICCL Surveillance and Human Rights Senior Policy Officer, Olga Cronin, and ICCL Enforce Senior Fellow, Dr Kris Shrishak, make the case against the government's digital wallet proposal for the Irish Examiner ⬇️ www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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- ICCL Senior Policy Officer, Olga Cronin, appeared on RTÉ today to discuss our very serious concerns with the Justice Minister's proposal to give Gardaí profoundly intrusive surveillance powers, which include the use of covert software to intercept digital communications ➡️ www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
- ICCL has written to the Seanad ahead of today's debate on the Mental Health Bill 2024. In partnership with Mental Health Reform, ICCL welcomes some of the proposed amendments -- but the Bill as currently drafted still fails to protect human rights in several key areas ➡️ www.iccl.ie/news/iccl-wr...
- Our colleagues at the International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations (INCLO) invite you to the launch of "Fighting for Our Lives: Pathways to Abortion Rights Globally". 📆 Thursday, 22 January 🕑 1:00 PM UTC 📍 Online Register here ➡️ us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
- As the inquest into the death of George Nkencho gets underway this week, we stand in solidarity with his family as they continue their campaign for truth, accountability and justice. www.thejournal.ie/george-nkenc...
- Today, ICCL and @tjmcintyre.com published a new analysis of the investigatory powers of An Garda Síochána, Coimisiún na Meán, the EU Commission and the Data Protection Commission ➡️ www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
- The new analysis, "Who has what powers when it comes to illegal content online?", concerns two types of illegal online content: "child pornography"* and non-consensual deepfake sexualised images.
- As of today, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties will no longer be posting or monitoring our account on X 👇
- Reposted by Irish Council for Civil Liberties 🏳️🌈I write in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social about the laws that are broken when online AI platforms facilitate the production of child sex abuse material. No new laws are needed. Companies (and their executives) are accountable as well as users. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
- Reposted by Irish Council for Civil Liberties 🏳️🌈Things stepping up. ICCL and Digital Rights Ireland have written to the Garda Commissioner calling for an urgent investigation of X.
- ICCL and Digital Rights Ireland are calling on An Garda Siochana to investigate X under the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1988, after its Grok AI chatbot generated non-consensual and sexualised deepfake images of children and women. Read more ➡️ www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
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- Give a gift that matters this #Christmas 🎁 An ICCL gift membership supports our vital work in the areas of justice, equality, democratic freedoms and digital rights — a small gift with a big impact! Learn more 👉 www.iccl.ie/members/
- Our letter in today's @irishtimes.com calling for transparency and public consultation on changes to Irish policing. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
- Reporting by @thejournal.ie has consistently highlighted this issue. Trans and non-binary people should be in a position to access general health care and gender-affirming services with no differential treatment. www.thejournal.ie/free-hrt-sch...
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- This afternoon in the Dáil's last hours before it breaks for Christmas, the government will present new draft legislation which would give gardaí access to AI-powered surveillance. Our colleague @olgacronin.bsky.social lays out our many concerns about this legislation.
- The Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2025 gives gardaí new powers to apply algorithms to images and video to find and categorise people using their biometric data. This is AI-powered surveillance. data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachta...
- Today 128 guards in Dublin and Waterford will be armed with tasers - a fundamental shift in Irish policing without any public consultation. ICCL is deeply concerned at the speed with which tasers have been introduced and An Garda's approach to "piloting" new tech. www.iccl.ie/news/taser-p...
- Give a gift that matters this #Christmas 🎁 An ICCL gift membership supports our vital work in the areas of justice, equality, democratic freedoms and digital rights — a small gift with a big impact! Learn more 👉 www.iccl.ie/members/
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- ICCL, in collaboration with ShoutOut and Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI), published Ireland's first-ever comprehensive "Know Your Rights" guide for trans and non-binary people yesterday. Learn more and download the full guide ➡️ www.iccl.ie/news/iccl-pu...
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- ICCL Executive Director, Joe O'Brien, will appear on @news.rte.ie this evening to discuss our concerns about the plans to equip frontline Gardaí with tasers. Learn more ➡️ www.rte.ie/news/2025/12...
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