Families of Troubles victims launch legal challenges to Legacy Bill

Time for Truth and Justice campaigners protest against the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill outside the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) at Erskine House in Belfast.

A number of family members of victims of the Troubles have launched a High Court challenge to the Government’s controversial Legacy Bill.

The families, who all had relatives killed during the conflict in Northern Ireland, have lodged judicial review proceedings challenging the lawfulness of the legislation and its compatibility with international human rights standards.