MUMBAI, India – Britain’s controversial Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act has been raised by a Franciscan priest at the United Nations.
The bill, which is almost 100 pages long, was introduced in May 2022 and establishes an independent commission that addresses more than 1,000 unsolved killings.
The law, finally put into place in September 2023, establishes a controversial conditional amnesty to those accused of the killings in exchange for cooperating...