Troubles ‘legacy’ bill risks breaching human rights law, UK warned

Representatives from Relatives for Justice, whose loved ones were murdered during the Troubles, protesting outside Downing Street in May. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Proposed UK government legislation to deal with the legacy of Northern Ireland’s Troubles risks widespread breaches of human rights law, a parliamentary committee has found.

The joint committee on human rights found that the so-called “legacy” bill had the intention of addressing “a complex situation with no easy solutions”.