British government urged to rethink Troubles legacy bill given 'opposition in North' 

The Troubles legacy bill offers conditional immunity from prosecution for perpetrators of Troubles crimes.

The Council of Europe has urged the UK Government to rethink its controversial legacy bill, which offers conditional immunity from prosecution for perpetrators of Troubles crimes.

In his report on human rights in the UK, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic said the legislation was not compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).