United Kingdom: backsliding on human rights must be prevented English STRASBOURG 04/07/2022 “Legal reforms should not weaken human rights protections in the United Kingdom”, said today the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, following a five-day visit to the country (27 June to 1 July), which focused on the system for human rights…
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill: A Rule of Law Analysis Dr Ronan Cormacain 23RD MAY 2022 Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill: A Rule of Law Analysis The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill has its Second Reading in the House of Commons on Tuesday 24th May 2022. The Bill seeks…
Troubles legacy: Victims’ relatives want legacy bill court ruling By Julian O’Neill BBC News NI Home Affairs Correspondent 30th June 2022 Relatives of two Troubles victims have lodged a supreme court petition seeking a ruling on the legality of the government’s legacy proposals. They lost a case in Belfast earlier this year on the basis…
30 June 2022 Statement on the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) The Law Society of Northern Ireland notes with concern the contents of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill and has written to the Joint Committee on Human Rights to formally lodge our concerns around the proposals’ non-compliance with the European Convention on Human…
PRESS RELEASE ISSUED 30TH JUNE 2022 HARTE COYLE COLLINS SOLICITORS & ADVOCATE PATRICIA BURNS & DANIEL MCCREADY LODGE PETITION TO SUPREME COURT, LONDON TO CHALLENGE LEGACY PROPOSALS COURT DIRECTS SECRETARY OF STATE RESPONSE BY 1ST JULY 2022 A legal challenge to the legacy proposals currently being debated by the Westminster government was lodged with the…
Young men were subjected to coercion and oppression before “confessing” to terrorist crimes Published Date: 10.06.2022 A Police Ombudsman investigation has concluded that four young men arrested in Derry/Londonderry in 1979 were treated unfairly and made ‘confessional’1 statements which were not voluntary according to the standards of the time. PDF: Full public statement Operation-Farrier-Public-Statement.pdf The men…
Damning report find Police coerced murder confessions out of Derry Four A report has found the Derry Four were coerced by the RUC into wrongly confessing to the murder of Lt Stephen Kirkby in 1979 The Derry News 10 Jun 2022 4:25 PM A damning report has stated that Police forced confessions from the ‘Derry…
PRESS RELEASE HARTE COYLE COLLINS SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES AISLING GHÉAR IRISH LANGUAGE THEATRE COMPANY, BELFAST CHALLENGES WITHDRAWAL OF FUNDING BY NORTHERN IRELAND ARTS COUNCIL 26TH MAY 2022 The only Irish language theatre company in the North Aisling Ghéar, based at Cultúrlann Belfast, has today challenged a decision by the Arts Council Northern Ireland to withdraw…
London’s latest legacy proposals contain nothing for families bereaved in the conflict. No self-respecting judge, police officer/former police officer or historian should touch them with a barge pole. Perpetrators can apply for immunity from prosecution behind closed doors without their evidence being tested to substantiate their integrity or truthfulness. London’s latest legacy proposals contain nothing…
The Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) has strongly criticised the UK government’s new legacy bill (as introduced into the UK Parliament today) and has called for it to be scrapped in favour of the prior proposals in the Stormont House Agreement. CAJ is highly critical of a number of aspects of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy…
