CVSNI

Our draft Corporate Plan, details our Vision, our Mission, the areas of work we intend to undertake over the next three years and the spirit in which we intend to do it. This draft plan is now out for consultation. It is our intention to close the consultation process in mid-September with a number of meetings both here in Belfast at The Wellington Park Hotel, and at the Community Relations Council’s facility in Moygashel and The City Hotel in Derry/Londonderry. If you would like to be invited to one of those sessions, please contact the Commission at your earliest convenience to reserve a place.

Summer Newsletter 2009

Please click on the following link to access our most recent Newsletter. Here you will find the latest news from the Commission, including where we are with our plans to develop the Forum for victims and survivors.

Summer Newsletter 2009

The principal aim of the Commission is to promote the interests of victims and survivors of the conflict.

In announcing the creation of the Commission to the Northern Ireland Assembly, Dr Ian Paisley MP, MLA, the First Minister said: "this announcement is really for those who have been largely without a voice. Today, we are giving them a voice — a real voice. It is a voice that will reach the heart of Government and will be heard and listened to for the very first time."

The creation of the Commission required the introduction of legislation in the Northern Ireland Assembly, which was passed on 27 May 2008 and the Commissioners were appointed on 2 June 2008

We have six statutory duties:

• To promote awareness of matters relating to the interests of victims and survivors and the need to safeguard those interests
• To keep under review the adequacy and effectiveness of law and practice affecting the interests of victims and survivors
• To keep under review the adequacy and effectiveness of services provided for victims and survivors
• To provide advice to government on matters affecting victims and survivors
• To ensure that the views of victims and survivors are sought by the Commission in carrying out its work
• To make arrangements for a forum for consultation with victims and survivors