Overview

• The three government-appointed Veterans Commissioners issued a joint statement calling on ministers to halt amendments to the 2023 Act ahead of a petition debate scheduled for 14 July in Westminster Hall
• The UK Government has pledged in its election manifesto to revoke key immunity provisions after last year’s Belfast High Court found they breach the European Convention on Human Rights
• Critics warn that scrapping conditional immunity could expose up to 100 Operation Banner veterans to criminal prosecutions and leave roughly 500 civil claims unresolved
• Veterans Commissioner David Johnstone cautioned that targeting former soldiers while paramilitary offenders go unprosecuted risks creating a “two-tier” justice system
• The Royal British Legion has urged ministers to clarify their legacy prosecution plans, citing growing anxiety and uncertainty among veterans and their families