ICCPR Recommendations 2024, paragraph 11

The Committee calls on the State party to repeal or reform the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 and to adopt proper mechanisms with guarantees of independence, transparency and genuine power of investigation that discharge the State party’s human rights obligations and deliver truth, justice and effective remedies, including reparations to victims of the Northern Ireland conflict. Furthermore, it should ensure the prompt establishment of a transitional justice mechanism to address abuses in institutions such as the Magdalene laundries and mother and baby homes in Northern Ireland, ensuring that perpetrators are prosecuted and punished with penalties proportionate to the gravity of the offence and that all victims obtain an effective remedy.