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UK's Northern Ireland amnesty law in breach of human rights, court rules

Families and survivors arrived at the High Court for a ruling on the Troubles Act, which introduces a ban on inquests related to the era.
The Act offers conditional amnesty for crimes during the Troubles, but the High Court ruled it breaches ECHR rights.
Legal challenges may continue as the Irish government takes a separate case to the European Court of Human Rights.

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BBC News

NI Troubles: Legacy Act immunity clause 'breaches' human rights

The law involves a conditional amnesty for suspects and bans future inquests and civil actions.

2 months ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

Amnesty clause for soldiers breaches human rights law, Belfast court rules

High court ruling prompts calls to scrap legislation that grants amnesties to soldiers for Troubles-era crimesLegislation that gives conditional amnesties to soldiers and paramilitaries for Troubles-era crimes in Northern Ireland breaches human rights legislation, a high court in Belfast has ruled.There was no evidence the immunity provision in the government’s Legacy Act would help reconciliation in Northern Ireland, the court said on Wednesday…

2 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

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2 months ago·United Kingdom

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abc News

Northern Ireland judge rules that amnesty law for 'the Troubles' breaches human rights

A judge has ruled that a new law that gives immunity from prosecution for most offenses committed during Northern Ireland’s decades of sectarian violence is not compliant with human rights

2 months ago·United States

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

UK's Northern Ireland amnesty law in breach of human rights, court rules

BELFAST (Reuters) -The offering by Britain of conditional amnesties to ex-soldiers and militants involved in Northern Ireland's decades of violence is in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), Belfast's High Court ruled on Wednesday. Read full story

2 months ago·Malaysia

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Northern Ireland judge rules that amnesty law for 'the Troubles' breaches human rights

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A judge has ruled that a new law that gives immunity from prosecution for most offenses committed during Northern Ireland’s decades of sectarian violence is not compliant with human rights. The British government’s Legacy and Reconciliation Bill stops most prosecutions for alleged killings by militant groups and British soldiers during “the Troubles.” That refers to the period in Northern Ireland from…

2 months ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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