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Victims Commissioner Ian Jeffers says Legacy Bill ‘not the way to address Northern Ireland’s past’
PRIME Minister Rishi Sunak and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar have discussed Britain’s controversial Troubles legacy bill in a bi-lateral phone call. Love0 Share Tweet
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NI Troubles: Michelle O’Neill welcomes US letter opposing legacy bill
A letter sent by US Congress members expressing “grave concern” about the UK government’s Troubles legacy plans is a “significant intervention”, Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill has said. Love0 Share Tweet
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Government introduces changes to controversial legacy Bill
The move comes ahead of the proposed legislation being considered at the committee stage. Love0 Share Tweet
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NI Troubles: Human rights official wants legacy bill scrapped
A report by a top European human rights official has called on the government to consider withdrawing its controversial legacy bill. Love0 Share Tweet
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The legacy of the Troubles lingers. But this legislation won’t work.
“The Troubles,” three decades of sectarian strife in Northern Ireland, left behind questions about historical truth, reconciliation, justice and accountability that have lingered since the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement. Love0 Share Tweet
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Rights experts urge UK to redraft controversial Northern Ireland bill
The United Kingdom should rewrite proposed legislation covering the 30-year conflict in Northern Ireland, known as the “Troubles”, because it fails to comply with the obligation to investigate serious violations and denies truth and remedy for the victims, two UN human rights experts said on Thursday. Love0 Share Tweet
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UK: Flawed Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’ Bill flagrantly contravenes rights obligations, say UN experts
GENEVA (15 December 2022) – UN experts* warned that proposed legislation now before the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) fails to comply Love0 Share Tweet
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NI Troubles: Amendments on controversial legacy bill revealed
The government has told peers it will bring forward amendments to its controversial Troubles legacy bill. Love0 Share Tweet
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Northern Ireland legacy Bill ‘personally extremely challenging’, says British minister
A minister from the UK’s Northern Ireland Office has revealed he has personally found controversial legislation to deal with the legacy of The Troubles “extremely challenging”. Love0 Share Tweet