The Task Force on Academic and Institutional International Links and Related Matters was established by College Board on 9th October 2024 to evaluate ethical, legal, and institutional aspects of its current and future institutional international partnerships.

The Taskforce was mandated to:

• develop a set of ethical principles to inform future links and exchanges between Trinity College Dublin and higher education institutions and commercial enterprises in jurisdictions involved in breaches of of international humanitarian law and/or serious human rights violations;
• consider the interplay of individual academic freedom and institutional autonomy;
• consider if Trinity College Dublin should issue official statements on social, cultural or political matters;
• consider how to better support constructive disagreement and viewpoint diversity

Following a period of consultation with the College community the Task Force deliberated the subjects, eventually submitting a report with recommendations to Board on 4th June 2025.

The final report of the Task Force may be found at AIIL Report

Following a review of the report by College Committees, an Oversight Group was established to provide advice to Board and members of the College Community in circumstances where College might find itself with connections, academic or otherwise, to countries with verified involvement in violations of international humanitarian law and/or guilty of serious human rights violations, and to review current and future relationships with academic institutions, commercial enterprises and other entities, as well as involvement in joint or multilateral collaborations, to ensure that they are ethical. Additionally, a subcommittee consisting of the Senior Dean and the Associate Deans of Research was established to review research-based queries regarding the recommendations in the report.