This Act establishes an independent commission to investigate unresolved Troubles deaths, grant conditional immunity to those who cooperate, and bar new prosecutions and civil cases. It aims to provide answers for victims' families while limiting ongoing legal action.
A Bill to address the legacy of the Northern Ireland Troubles and promote reconciliation by establishing an Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery, limiting criminal investigations, legal proceedings, inquests and police complaints, extending the prisoner release scheme in the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998, and providing for experiences to be recorded and preserved and for events to be studied and memorialised, and to provide for the validity of interim custody orders.
Status: Act of Parliament
Current House: Unassigned
Stage: Royal Assent
Sponsored by: Brandon Lewis, Lord Caine
Introduced: 2022-05-17
Royal Assent: 2023-09-18