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UK: Inquiries Bill (1)

01 March 2005

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Full-text of the Inquiries Bill (as at 1.3.05, pdf) Explanatory Notes (link) UK: Joint Committee on Human Rights on the Inquiries Bill (link)

"The Committee raises concerns about the capacity of the Bill to provide a framework for inquiries necessary to comply with the right to life, under Article 2 ECHR, where a death occurs in state custody or agents of the state are implicated in a death."

The Inquiries Bill and the murder of Pat Finucane – Analysis and Commentaries: Pat Finucane centre analysis (link) British Irish Rights Watch Briefing (pdf)

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