UK High Court hears legal challenges to recently enacted Northern Ireland Troubles Bill
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
The UK High Court began hearing on Wednesday 16 legal challenges, filed mostly by victims’ families, against the recently enacted Northern Ireland (Troubles & Reconciliation) Act. The act , which grants amnesty to former soldiers and militants involved in an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland known as the Troubles, became law on Tuesday when it received Royal Assent.
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