Truth, justice & accountability In May 2022, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland brought forward the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill. This Bill outlined a “conditional amnesty”…
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Acknowledgement In the past, acknowledgement has been intertwined with truth and justice. The Commission has been working to give acknowledgement its own space. We want to consider the many ways…
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Multigenerational Learning The inclusion of children and young people on victims’ issues to influence cultural or policy change is important, and one of our current priorities. We have published some…
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Trauma & Mental Health For many years, we have advocated for a dedicated psychological trauma service to be established for victims and survivors of the Troubles. In 2012, our Comprehensive…
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Services for victims and survivors Oversight of services to victims and survivors is one of the Statutory duties of the Commissioner. This includes services directly within the sector as funded…
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Great Britain & the Republic of Ireland In the early years of the first government strategy for victims and survivors, work on victims’ issues had been very Northern Ireland centred. …
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