Amnesty urges Ireland to take case to Europe if British legacy bill becomes law

Speaking to a joint committee on the Good Friday Agreement, Grainne Teggart, from Amnesty International, said that the bill “cannot be amended to be human rights compliant”

Representatives from Relatives for Justice, whose loved ones were murdered during the Troubles, protest outside Downing Street (PA)

Amnesty International has urged the Government to take a case to the European Court of Human Rights if the British government’s Troubles legacy bill becomes law.

The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill, which is going through its parliamentary stages, would prohibit future civil cases and inquests related to Troubles crimes.