The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2025

This document presents a draft Remedial Order to Parliament and the Government’s response to representations received on the proposal for a draft Remedial Order laid on 4 December 2024. This includes the Government’s response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights’ (JCHR) report of 28 February 2025 and representations the JCHR received from Amnesty International, Conor Casey, Professor Richard Ekins and Sir Stephen Laws, the Committee on the Administration of Justice, Dr Robert Craig, JUSTICE, Dr Austen Morgan, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, Baroness O’Loan DBE MRIA and Relatives for Justice.

On 4 December 2024, the Government laid before Parliament a document containing a draft of a proposed Remedial Order (with the required information) in accordance with paragraph 3(1)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Human Rights Act 1998. The purpose of the Order is to amend the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (‘the 2023 Act’) and make consequential amendments to two other enactments. This is further to the February 2024 judgment of the High Court in Northern Ireland, and the September 2024 judgment of the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland, in Dillon, McEvoy, McManus, Hughes, Jordan, Gilvary, and Fitzsimmons (‘Dillon’) Application. This Order addresses several incompatibilities found by these courts.

This document contains a summary of the representations and details the changes which have been made to the draft Order as a result and is made in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 2 to the Human Rights Act 1998.