UN High Commissioner concerned over NI legacy bill

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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has said the UK government's Northern Ireland legacy bill must adequately ensure respect for the rights of victims, survivors and their families

Volker Turk said the draft legislation as it stands appears to be incompatible with the UK's international human rights obligations.

This week, the government moved to change proposals for the truth recovery body to be able to conduct criminal investigations"where it judges that to be appropriate". The High Commissioner previously wrote to the UK government over the proposed conditional immunity from investigation and prosecution for those accused of having committed serious human rights violations and other international crimes, other than sexual offences.

Mr Turk added:"Respect for rights of victims, survivors, and their families to truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence is essential for reconciliation. Their rights must be placed at the heart of all attempts to address the legacy of the Troubles.

 

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If I was in charge of the uk I’d be telling them to piss off there’s to much crap 💩 about human rights with the un and all you see them doing is having meetings in lovely places all paid by the taxpayer’s!

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