Anna Bryson and Louise Mallinder

Anna Bryson is a Professor in the School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast and a Fellow at the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice. Since 2020 she has served as Chair of the independent human rights NGO, the Committee on the Administration of Justice. Her most recent research has developed at the intersection of socio-legal studies, transitional justice and oral history. Louise Mallinder is a Professor in the School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast and Deputy Director of the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice. She is a Fellow of the Royal Irish Academy and the Academy of Social Sciences. She is also a member of the IFIT Law and Peace Practice Group. Her research interests relate to the intersections of law and peace and she is an internationally recognised expert in amnesty laws.

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Reconciliation and the Northern Ireland Legacy Act: A Human Rights Perspective – Part 2

Reconciliation and the Northern Ireland Legacy Act: A Human Rights Perspective – Part 2

The first part of this blog drew on academic literature and international case law to examine the key components of a human rights centred concept of reconciliation. Here, we argue that the legal, political and institutional processes ...
Reconciliation and the Northern Ireland Legacy Act: A Human Rights Perspective – Part 1

Reconciliation and the Northern Ireland Legacy Act: A Human Rights Perspective – Part 1

In February 2024, the High Court in Belfast declared in Dillon and others that fundamental aspects of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 are unlawful and should be disapplied. Most notably, it ruled ...
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