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Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Council of Europe asks the UK for detailed information on compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights

The 46-nation Council of Europe has sent a list of detailed questions to the UK authorities asking how proposals contained in the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation Bill) will comply with the European Convention on Human Rights.

The questions were sent by the Council of Europe’s Director General for Human Rights and the Rule of Law, Christos Giakoumopoulos, in a letter to the UK’s Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Brandon Lewis.

This follows a decision adopted by the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers last week concerning the implementation of the McKerr v. the United Kingdom group of judgments from the European Court of Human Rights.

The UK authorities were asked to reply by 1 August 2022, in time for the Committee of Ministers to examine this issue at its next dedicated meeting on the implementation of ECHR judgments from 20 to 22 September.


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Strasbourg 17 June 2022
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