Important Documents
European Court of Human Rights
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Council of Europe Press |
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24th February 2005
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Chamber Judgment In The Case Of
Finucane v. The United Kingdom |
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1st July 2003
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Judgment |
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1st July 2003
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Admissibility Decision |
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2nd July 2002
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Judicial Review
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An application for discovery in
Judicial Review proceedings brought by Geraldine Finucane |
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23rd April 2013
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JR court order granting
Geraldine Finucane leave to Appeal |
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11th June 2004
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Re: Discovery |
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11th June 2004
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Skeleton Argument |
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3rd June 2004
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Summons |
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26th May 2004
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Summons |
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26th May 2004
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Affidavit sworn by Peter Madden |
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26th May 2004
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Application By Geraldine
Finucane |
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January 2004
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Affidavit sworn by Peter Madden |
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Cory Report
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US Congressional Hearing on
Human Rights in Northern Ireland |
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16th March 2005
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Letter from Judge Cory on the
Inquiries Bill |
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15th March 2005
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Cory Collusion Inquiry Report |
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1st April 2004
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Submission to Judge Cory -
Patrick Finucane Deceased |
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7th February 2003
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Stevens Inquiry
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Westminster Debate |
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14th May 2003
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Stevens 3 Inquiry - Overview &
Recommendations |
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17th April 2003
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chapter 6 (PDF)
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Press Release by Non Government
Agencies |
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16th April 2003
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Other Documents
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Submission to the Subcommittee
of the Committee on Foreign Affairs |
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15th May 2013
On Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and
International Organizations
by Jane Winter, former Director of British Irish Rights Watch
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De Silva Review Report |
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12th December 2012
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Patrick Finucane: His Continuing
Legacy |
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9th December 2012
Unveiling of Memorial at Beechmount
Address by Geraldine Finucane & address by Gerry Adams
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Helsinki Commission hearing |
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16th March 2011
Helsinki Commission hearing on
"Northern Ireland: Why Justice in Individual Cases Matters"
Testimony of John Finucane.
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Pat Finucane Conference 2009 |
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13th - 15th February 2009
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United States House of
Representatives Resolution 740 |
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17th May 2006
Calling on the Government of the United Kingdom to
immediately establish a full, independent, public judicial inquiry into the
murder of Northern Ireland defense attorney Pat Finucane, as recommended by
international Judge Peter Cory as part of the Weston Park agreement and a way
forward for the Northern Ireland Peace Process.
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Geraldine Finucane appeals to
all senior Judges in England, Scotland & Wales |
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14th April 2005
Geraldine Finucane, widow of murdered solicitor Pat
Finucane, has personally written to all Senior Judges in England, Scotland and
Wales to express her concerns about the new Inquiries Act. She has also asked
each judge to indicate to the government, if asked, that he or she would not be
prepared to accept appointment to an Inquiries Act Inquiry into the murder of
her husband.
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Bloody Sunday Memorial Lecture,
Derry |
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28th January 2005
On Sunday, January 30th 1972, as people died on the
streets of this city, a profound change was wrought in all our lives as a
conflict was set in motion, the effects of which are still felt keenly to this
day. It was not just that people lost their lives on the streets of Derry that
day; the British State lost control for all to see and it was because of this
that things would never be the same again. The State was revealed in its true
form by the act itself and in the aftermath, as it tried to cover up the damage
through a skewed public inquiry that was rife with deception and misinformation.
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An Analysis of the U.K. Inquiries
Bill and U.S. Provisions for Investigating Matters of Urgent Public Concern |
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25th January 2005
The United States has no single legislative
framework setting out a process for investigating matters of public concern,
but, like the United Kingdom, U.S. law provides for such investigations through
a number of different measures. Key to these various mechanisms in the United
States are three controlling principles: investigations must be independent;
investigators must be impartial; and the process of the investigation and the
final recommendations must be made public. Even those inquiry-like
investigations that are established by Executive Order are subject to judicial
review and allow for substantial control by members of the investigation team.
Once established, they are free from interference by the executive branch.
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Long Road To
The Truth, Féile An Phobail West Belfast |
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7th August 2004
I have adopted the title, “Long Road to the Truth”
for this speech because I think it is an apt one; the road has indeed been long.
It is fifteen years since my husband was killed and yet it seems that his name
and his memory are more alive now, long after his death, than they have ever
been. It might seem that this is a lot to achieve, but there is much more to be
done. My family and I will not stop travelling the road we have embarked upon
until a fully independent, public judicial inquiry into the murder of Pat
Finucane is established.
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Bobby Sands Memorial Lecture,
Belfast |
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7th May 2004
I cannot think of a more apt time of year to
address this topic, as we remember all of the hunger strikers and, in
particular, commemorate the first to die, Bobby Sands. I know that this time of
year must be especially difficult for all of the families of those who died on
hunger strike in the H-Blocks. I think I can relate to some of what they must be
feeling, having gone through a few anniversaries like this myself with my own
family.
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Commission on Security and
Co-operation in Europe. United States Helsinki Committee, Washington |
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5th May 2004
My family and I have campaigned assiduously since
Pat's murder for a fully independent, judicial public inquiry into his murder.
We have done so because of the existence of compelling evidence that Pat's
murder was part of an approved policy of widespread collusion between the
British State and loyalist assassins that amounts to state murder by proxy.
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Collusion Fact File |
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30th March 2004
The murder of citizens through collusion with
Unionist death squads is a British state policy in Ireland. Collusion is the
control, resourcing and direction of loyalist death squads by British state
agencies. Those who sanctioned the policy of collusion have never been held
accountable. Collusion has not ended. The British apparatus which operates the
policy of collusion continues in existence. Until the mechanisms have been
dismantled, the strategy disowned and the truth revealed collusion cannot be
consigned to the history books.
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Who Sanctioned Britain's Death
Squads |
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24th May 2003
For 30 years, the British government, through its
agencies - MI5, British Military Intelligence and RUC/PSNI Special Branch - has
been involved in the murder of citizens in Ireland. Together, they directed the
activities of various unionist paramilitary death squads. This was much more
than simply passing on information. This was about the deliberate and
orchestrated targeting and assassination of hundreds of citizens.
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UN Special Rapporteurs Report to
the Commission on Human Rights |
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March 2002
Below is the section referred to the UK Government
from the UN Special Rapporteurs Report to the Commission on Human Rights.
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Beyond Collusion: The UK
Security Forces and the Murder of Patrick Finucane |
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12th February 2002
This report examines allegations of state
involvement in the murder of Patrick Finucane, a prominent Belfast human rights
lawyer who was murdered on February 12, 1989. In this report, we piece together
the evidence of state involvement that has emerged gradually in the 13 years
since Finucane was murdered. We also present new allegations of security force
involvement in the killing and subsequent cover-ups. With this report, we hope
to force the UK government, by the weight of evidence, to finally carry out a
public inquiry into Patrick Finucane's murder.
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Justice Delayed: State Collusion
in the murder of Patrick Finucane and Others |
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February 2000
On 12th February 1989 the Belfast solicitor Patrick
Finucane was murdered by the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF). In the eleven years
since his death evidence has emerged which strongly suggests that there was
official collusion in his murder on the part of British army intelligence and
the RUC. This evidence also calls into question the role of the Director of
Public Prosecutions (DPP) and of a government minister. His family's call for an
independent judicial inquiry into his death and the circumstances surrounding it
have been echoed by many prestigious organisations and individuals, including
the United Nations.
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Submission to the United States
Congressional Sub-Committee |
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24th September 1999
I testified before this Committee two years ago and
openly accused the British Government of ordering and arranging the murder of my
father. I pointed to the powerful motivation of the British Government in
silencing the embarrassing revelations of my father’s human rights work. I
listed the names of prominent international organisations that had up until then
supported my family’s call for a full independent inquiry into his murder.
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Collusion: British Military
Intelligence and Brian Nelson |
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21st December 1997
In the north of Ireland citizens are compelled
under emergency legislation and at the point of British guns to provide details
about themselves. The details relating to nationalists and republicans are
computerised, filed and passed on to loyalist paramilitaries.
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