Northern Ireland - new material (34)
01 May 1999
Death of a human rights defender, Michael Farrell. ICCL News Vol 11 Issue 1 (April) 1999, pp1-2. On the murder of defence lawyer and human rights activist, Rosemary Nelson, killed by loyalist paramilitaries with "some level of RUC collusion". Farrell calls for "an independent judicial inquiry into all the circumstances surrounding her murder..."
Just News. Committee on the Administration of Justice, Vol 14 no 4 (April) 1999, pp8. Has articles on a CAJ conference on "the problem of policing" and the "establishment of a just and peaceful society" (Belfast 26-27 February), "Young people and the justice system in Northern Ireland", and the case of Patricia Coyle v Sergeant Reid and the Chief Constable of the RUC. It also has an update on the cases of murdered lawyers, Rosemary Nelson and Pat Finucane, in which UN Commission on Human Rights Special Rapporteur, Mr Cumaraswamy, expressed his hope that "the involvement of the RUC in the investigations would not affect and taint the impartiality and credibility of the investigation."
Just News. Committee on the Administration of Justice, Vol 14 no 5 (May 1999), pp8. This issue contains substantial articles on emergency laws and human rights, the Patten Commission on the RUC and a piece on the investigation into the murder of civil rights solicitor, Rosemary Nelson. The FBI withdrew from the Nelson investigation on 12 April and the "...actual investigation work will be carried out by the RUC."
Visions of normality: peace and the reconstruction of policing in Northern Ireland, Aogan Mulcahy. Social & Legal Studies Volume 8 no 2 (June) 1999, pp277-295. This article considers "the visions of normality articulated in Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) discourse within the broad context of the ongoing peace process..."
Shaping the future, Gerry Adams. An Phoblacht/Republican News 13.5.99, pp12-16. Edited version of a speech given by Sinn Fein president, Gerry Adams, at the 1999 Ard Fheis (annual meeting) which reiterates Sinn Fein's commitment to the peace process and criticises unionist "prevarication". His talk also calls for freedom from sectarian harassment and the establishment of a new non-sectarian police force to replace the RUC.
An open secret, collusion and the RUC, Laura Friel. An Phoblacht/Republican News, 18.3.99., pp10-11. This article examines the "open secret" of Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) collusion with loyalist paramilitaries. In the latest allegations, made in a television documentary by Peter Taylor, UDA gunman Bobby Philpott admitted that "I was getting so many documents that I didn't know where to put them." The claims have been dismissed as "nothing new" by RUC chief constable, Ronnie Flanagan.
The Good Friday Agreement - a contract between opponents, Gerry Kelly. An Phoblacht/Republican News 15.4.99, pp10-11. This article, by a member of the new assembly and Sinn Fein negotiation team, argues for the Good Friday Agreement to be implemented in full and that "any new proposals...be set firmly within the provisions of the Agreement."
Parliamentary debates
Pat Finucane Commons 5.5.99. cols. 904-914
Northern Ireland (Location of Victims' Remains) Bill Commons 10.5.99. cols. 38-83
Northern Ireland (Location of Victims' Remains) Bill Commons 12.5.99. cols 324-386
Northern Ireland (Location of Victims' Remains) Bill Lords 18.5.99. cols. 153-190
Northern Ireland (Location of Victims' Remains) Bill Commons 24.5.99. cols. 639-664
Northern Ireland (Location of Victim's Remains) Bill Commons 24.5.99. cols. 678-713
Northern Ireland (Emergency and Prevention of Terrorism Provisions) (Continuance) Order 1999, Lords 8.6.99. cols. 1401-1422