Henry Hill: Heaton-Harris must clarify judge's claim that Irish challenge could see Troubles immunity plan dropped | Conservative Home

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Parliament can legislate contrary to international commitments, and immunity is provided for in Section 19 of the Act.
53% : But then consider this intervention from Sir Declan Morgan, the senior judge (and former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland) who has been appointed to lead the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR), the body set up by the Act.
52% : This morning's news that the Irish Government is taking the United Kingdom to the European Court of Human Rights, in a bid to block the Government's Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act ("the Act), raises a number of interesting questions.
41% : Beyond that, the row again puts the spotlight on the very problem the Act aims to address: the extraordinarily different treatment of British police officers and soldiers versus that given to terrorists in the aftermath of the Belfast Agreement.

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