Episode 4 - Legacy Bill: Part II

Content Warning: reference to violence (support services linked below)

This week, Mike and Ian are joined by Alan Brecknell, Victims' Forum member and advocacy worker at the Pat Finucane Centre, and Brian Gormally, Director of the Committee on the Administration of Justice.

Alan shares how his family was changed forever by a gun and bomb attack that killed his father when he was a child. Together, they explore the human rights impact of the Legacy Bill on victims and survivors, the context of the human rights emphasis in the Belfast Good Friday Agreement and impact on international agreements with the United Nations.

You can read Alan’s story on our website;
www.cvsni.org/our-work/how-we-do-it/the-victims-and-survivors-forum/

You can read all the details of the UK Government’s Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill on their Parliamentary website; Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament

You can read the Commission’s position paper here;
2023-Jan-CVS_LegacyBill_Recs.pdf (cvsni.org)

You can find out more about the work of the Committee forthe Administration of Justice on their website;
https://caj.org.uk/

Support services

Lifeline NI and Samaritans provide 24-hour counselling intervention, 7 days a week for anyone who needs support.

Lifeline NI: 0808 808 8000
Samaritans: 116 123

The Victims and Survivors Service delivers support and services to improve the health and wellbeing of victims and survivors. Find out more about their work in their website, www.victimsservice.org, or telephone (028) 9027 9100.

The Next Page is produced by Start Together Studios for the Commission for Victims and Survivors.

Host: Mike Philpott

Executive Producer: Alana Fisher

Music by ComaStudio from Pixabay