Overview

• The bill would abolish the 2023 Legacy and Reconciliation Act and set out a new framework for investigating Troubles-era cases.
• Domestic courts and the European Court of Human Rights have ruled the act unlawful for granting conditional immunity to veterans and paramilitaries.
• More than 176,000 people signed petitions and veterans staged motorbike and Cenotaph protests demanding immunity provisions remain.
• Veterans Minister Alistair Carns is reportedly prepared to resign if the replacement legislation fails to secure safeguards against retrospective prosecutions.
• Downing Street says it will introduce a proportionate replacement with legal protections designed to balance victims’ rights and service personnel safeguards.