Relatives for Justice

Portraits of 16 mothers bereaved during the Troubles are on display in south Belfast.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has said the British government's legacy bill must adequately ensure respect for the rights of victims, survivors and their families.

EUROPE'S human rights watchdog has urged the British government to think again about its controversial legacy legislation.

BRITISH government legislation to address the legacy of the Troubles "drives a horse and carriage" through the Good Friday Agreement, an influential Washington committee has heard.

VICTIMS' representatives last night branded planned British government legislation to address the legacy of the Troubles a "sinister denial of rights" and "typically self-serving".

Nationalist politicians have backed 3,500 relatives of people killed during the Troubles in their call for the British and Irish governments to implement the legacy elements of the Stormont House agreement.

A north Belfast man has told how a desperate father tried in vain to shield his baby daughter after a sectarian fire bomb attack on their home more than four decades ago.

BEREAVED victims of the Troubles will not be entitled to apply for the victims payment scheme - even if they have medical proof of psychological injury - unless they witnessed their loved ones' murder. 

The Irish government has said it would not support any plan to give special treatment to “state or non-state actors” after the British government revealed proposals on how to deal with the past.