The government has begun its appeal against a ruling which found that parts of its controversial Troubles Legacy Act were unlawful.
Relatives gathered outside the Court of Appeal on Tuesday, where they called on the Labour Party to repeal the act if it forms the next government.husband was shot dead in a paramilitary attack in 1997. Mrs Dillion's call was echoed by Amnesty International's deputy director in Northern Ireland, Gráinne Teggart."They must immediately, as an urgent legislative priority, repeal the Troubles Act and put in place victim-centred processes that prioritise victims and not perpetrators."
The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery is led by former lord chief justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan. The Labour Party has said it would not immediately scrap the ICRIR, as it wanted to see if it could command the confidence of victims’ families.The Northern Ireland Troubles was a 30-year conflict that cost more than 3,500 lives and left thousands more seriously injured.