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Irish Council for Civil Liberties

ICCL

ICCL has been at the forefront of every major rights advance in Irish society for over 40 years: we helped legalise homosexuality, divorce, contraception, and gay marriage.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Dec 2025 · EU tech regulation

Meeting with Nathalie Loiseau (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

16 Sept 2025 · Lutte contre la désinformation

Meeting with Michael McGrath (Commissioner) and

30 Jun 2025 · Exchange of views on European democracy shield and role of civil society

Response to European Democracy Shield

22 May 2025

The attached submission (PDF) addresses two themes of the Democracy Shield: Disinformation and foreign information manipulation and interference; and Strengthening societal resilience and preparedness (including digital and media literacy, critical thinking). We are at your disposal to discuss the proportionality, practicality, and legality of the recommendation.
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Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and European Digital Rights and

14 May 2025 · Democratic Tech Alliance

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs and

14 May 2025 · Event: Democratic Tech Alliance

Meeting with Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Apr 2025 · Democracy Shield

Response to Establishment of the scientific panel of independent experts under the AI Act – implementing regulation

8 Nov 2024

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the Draft Implementing Act to establish a scientific panel of independent experts in artificial intelligence (AI). We compliment the European Commission for emphasising the absence of conflicts as a selection criteria in the Draft Implementing Act. The Commission's recognition of multidisciplinary expertise, including fundamental rights and equality, in the Panel is commendable. We make suggestions on three important aspects of the Draft Implementing Act in the attached document: (i) Conflicts of interest; (ii) Public transparency of the AI Offices decisions; and (iii) Effectiveness of the Scientific Panel.
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Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Sept 2024 · Online Advertisement, EU digital economy

Response to Options for support for R&D of dual-use technologies

30 Apr 2024

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is Irelands oldest independent human rights organisation. We welcome the opportunity to provide feedback on the European Commission's White Paper On options for enhancing support for research and development involving technologies with dual-use potential. ICCL urges the Commission to choose Option 1 and strongly opposes Options 2 and 3. We provide additional detaills in the attachment.
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Meeting with Eleonora Ocello (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

15 Feb 2024 · DSA

Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

25 Apr 2023 · Exchange of views on the Product Liability Directive/ Produkthaftungsrichtlinie (PLD) - Staff Level

Meeting with Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

19 Apr 2023 · Product Liability Directive

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

9 Mar 2023 · Co-host and moderator event: "Lunch seminar: Effective marketing or intrusive targeting"

Meeting with Brando Benifei (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

8 Mar 2023 · General purpose AI - meeting held by the Assistant responsible for AI

Response to Liability rules for Artificial Intelligence – The Artificial Intelligence Liability Directive (AILD)

28 Nov 2022

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is Irelands oldest independent human rights monitoring organisation. We welcome the opportunity to respond to the consultation on the Artificial Intelligence Liability Directive (AILD). The AILD attempts to address the problems posed by artificial intelligence (AI) systems to the liability rules in the European Union (EU). However, the burden on victims remains too high in the proposed AILD. We have two recommendations to better protect victims: 1. Apply strict liability regime for all AI systems across the union. 2. Adequately address immaterial damages and societal harms. We explain our recommendations in the attached PDF.
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Meeting with Frances Fitzgerald (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Irish Congress Trade Unions

14 Oct 2022 · Proposal for a Directive on combatting violence against women and domestic violence

Meeting with Petar Vitanov (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

31 Mar 2022 · AI Act

Meeting with David Cormand (Member of the European Parliament) and Human Rights Watch

10 Mar 2022 · IA

Meeting with Petar Vitanov (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

2 Feb 2022 · AI Act

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Jan 2022 · Artificial Intelligence

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Oct 2020 · Digital advertising