Sinn Féin seeks closure for victims of the Troubles

SINN FÉIN yesterday set up a point of contact for victims’ organisations, as party leader Gerry Adams launched a document entitled ‘Truth’ aimed at encouraging debate on how society could address past events during the Troubles.

The party has appointed North Antrim councillor Philip McGuigan to be its main victims’ contact.

The six-page document identifies countries which have at one time set up commissions to deal with the past, including South Africa, Haiti, Ecuador, Chile, Germany, El Salvador, Bosnia, Chad, Uganda, Argentine and Sri Lanka. However it argues there is “inconclusive evidence” that the truth commissions such as those set up in South Africa or Guatemala have been successful in what they set out to achieve.