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Amnesty calls for new approach to the Troubles
AMNESTY International called yesterday for urgent agreement between the British, Irish and Northern Irish governments on a new approach to dealing with the past.
The human rights organisation is calling for a comprehensive mechanism to be set up to review the Troubles as a whole and establish the truth about outstanding human rights violations.
“The current system for addressing the Troubles in Northern Ireland is not meeting the needs of victims or justice,” said Amnesty Northern Ireland programme director Patrick Corrigan.
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