Bitter Legacy: State Impunity in the Northern Ireland Conflict’
The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights has launched a new report ‘Bitter Legacy: State Impunity in the Northern Ireland Conflict’.
Following the introduction of the British Government’s Legacy Bill, the International Expert Panel on Impunity was convened by the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights at the request of CAJ and the Pat Finucane Centre (PFC).
The Panel of experts, consisting of academics, lawyers, human rights activists and former police officers, was tasked with providing an authoritative independent assessment of the extent to which there has been state impunity for human rights violations during the Northern Ireland conflict. The Panel, who were supported by student research teams, conducted seven study visits gathering testimonies, meeting families, lawyers, NGOs and officials and examining official documentary evidence.
The report focuses on three thematic areas: state killings and impunity, collusion and impunity and torture and impunity.
To read the report, click here.