ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Andrew Forde

Dr. Andrew Forde is a Visiting Fellow at the Irish Centre for Human Rights (University of Galway) and author of European Human Rights Grey Zones: The Council of Europe and Areas of Conflict (Cambridge University Press, 2024). Dr Forde worked for more than 10 years with the Council of Europe and the OSCE including as a human rights advisor and political advisor, much of which was spent focused on human rights protection in conflict and post-conflict contexts. He is a Commissioner on the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission but his comments are strictly in his individual capacity.

POSTS BY Andrew Forde

21 December 2023

Avoiding the Legacy of Impunity

This week for the second time in history the Irish Government has announced its intention to lodge an Inter-State application against the United Kingdom before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. The Irish government argues that the Northern Ireland Troubles (Reconciliation and Legacy) Act 2023 which was enacted in September 2023 and provides an extensive conditional amnesty is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. Continue reading >>