ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Daniel Holder

Daniel Holder is the Director of the Belfast-based human rights NGO the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ), who are affiliated to the FIDH and European Implementation Network. Through this role he works extensively on issues relating to transitional justice in Northern Ireland alongside a team of academics from Queen’s University Belfast. He has a primary degree in Spanish and Sociology and an LLM in Human Rights Law.

POSTS BY Daniel Holder

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 >>