LEGISLATION

European Convention on Human Rights <https://www.echr.coe.int/documents/d/echr/convention_eng> [accessed 15 May 2026]Human Rights Act 1998 <https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/42/contents> [accessed 15 May 2026]Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 <https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/41/enacted> [accessed 15 May 2026]Northern Ireland Troubles Bill <https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/4022> [accessed 15 May 2026]

CASE LAW

Bernadette Mckearney's and others Application for Judicial Review [2026] NIKB 9 <https://www.judiciaryni.uk/judicial-decisions/2026-nikb-9> [accessed 15 May 2026]Dillon, McEvoy, McManus, Hughes, Jordan, Gilvary, and Fitzsimmons Application and In the matter of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland [2024] NIKB 11 <https://www.judiciaryni.uk/judicial-decisions/2024-nikb-11> [accessed 15 May 2026]In the matter of an application by Geraldine Finucane for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) <https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2017-0058> [accessed 15 May 2026]In the matter of an application by Hugh Jordan for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2019] UKSC 9 <https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2017-0159> [accessed 15 May 2026]King v David Jonathan Holden [2023] NICC 4 <https://www.judiciaryni.uk/judicial-decisions/2023-nicc-4> [accessed 15 May 2026]The Queen v Soldier A and Soldier C [2021] NICC 3 <https://www.judiciaryni.uk/judicial-decisions/2021-nicc-3> [accessed 15 May 2026]

ARTICLES & REPORTS

Beaumont, T. E. & Sanders, A. 'The necropolitics of military amnesty: Peacebuilding and Othering in Northern Ireland' (Security Dialogue, Vol. 55 Issue 5) <https://doi.org/10.1177/09670106241236056> [accessed 15 May 2026]The Belfast Agreement: An Agreement Reached at the Multi-Party Talks on Northern Ireland, 1998. Cm 3883 <https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/619500728fa8f5037d67b678/TheBelfastAgreementAnAgreementReachedattheMulti-PartyTalksonNorthernIreland.pdf> [accessed 15 May 2026]Bell, Christine. ‘Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland’ (Fordham International Law Journal, Vol. 26)Carroll, Rory. ‘Trial of Ex-Soldiers over 1972 Killing of Official IRA Member Collapses’ (The Guardian, 4 May 2021) <https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/may/04/ex-soldiers-acquitted-1972-murder-joe-mccann-official-ira> [accessed 15 May 2026]Craig, E. ‘From Emergency Law to Transitional Justice: The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023’ (The Oxford University Undergraduate Law Journal, Issue 14) <https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/inline-files/5.%20From%20Emergency%20Law%20to%20Transitional%20Justice_%20The%20Northern%20Ireland%20Troubles%20%28Legacy%20and%20Reconciliation%29%20Act%202023%20-%20Emma%20Craig.pdf> [accessed 15 May 2026]Dickson, Brice. ‘The House of Lords and the Northern Ireland Conflict — A Sequel’ (Modern Law Review, Vol. 69, No. 3)Hearty, K. ‘“Standing with Soldier F”: Bloody Sunday, Disrupting the Degradation Ceremony and the Court of Public Opinion’ (Punishment and Society, Vol. 27, No. 1) <https://doi.org/10.1177/146247452412642> [accessed 15 May 2026]May, P. 'Corporate Effectiveness and Cultural Health Review of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery'. February 2026 <https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69fdfc85e71c4cdf4026b90c/PeterMayReviewReport-forpublication.pdf> [accessed 15 May 2026]Moreno, C. ‘Selective Justice and Political Calculations: The 2014 Arrest of Gerry Adams in Northern Ireland’ (SSRN, 2025) <https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5835002> [accessed 15 May 2026]‘Northern Ireland Troubles Bill to Repeal and Replace Legacy Act’. GOV.UK, 14 Oct. 2025 <https://www.gov.uk/government/news/northern-ireland-troubles-bill-to-repeal-and-replace-legacy-act> [accessed 15 May 2026]Page, C. ‘The 50-Year-Road to a British Soldier Standing Trial for Murder’ (BBC News, 23 October 2025) <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0kgnlk7rpo> [accessed 15 May 2026]Sabbagh, D. ‘Legacy Act Halted Investigations into 202 Troubles-Related Killings of British Soldiers’. (The Guardian, 14 July 2025) <https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/14/legacy-act-halted-investigations-into-202-troubles-related-killings-of-british-soldiers> [accessed 15 May 2026]Sanders, Andrew. ‘“Attempting to Deal with the Past”: Historical Inquiries, Legacy Prosecutions, and Operation Banner’ (Small Wars & Insurgencies, Vol. 32, Nos 4–5)Whiting, M. 'The British Army's Historical Abuses in Northern Ireland Must be Held to Account' (Political Quarterly, 7 January 2026) <https://politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/the-british-armys-historical-abuses-in-northern-ireland-must-be-held-to-account/> [accessed 15 May 2026]The Windsor Framework: A New Way Forward. CP 806 <https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/63fccf07e90e0740d3cd6ed6/TheWindsorFrameworkanewwayforward.pdf> [accessed 15 May 2026]

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