Northern Ireland Legacy Act breaches human rights convention, Belfast judge rules

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : "But we do remain committed to implementing the Legacy Act . . .
52% : But the UK government doubled down on its intention to press on with the Legacy Act, which victims' and rights groups and all political parties in Northern Ireland oppose, and said appeals to higher courts were likely.
52% : Dublin argues that the Legacy Act flouts key articles of the ECHR, which underpins the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, the peace deal that ended the three decades-long Troubles involving republican paramilitaries seeking to reunite Ireland, loyalists determined to keep Northern Ireland in the UK and British state security forces.
50% : He added: "Today's ruling should be a prelude to repeal of the Legacy Act.
48% : But in the first legal test of the legislation, Colton said he was "satisfied" that provisions in the Legacy Act to grant conditional immunity breached Articles 2 and 3 of the ECHR, which guarantees the right to life and the right not to be subjected to torture, and should be disapplied.

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