STORMONT HOUSE AGREEMENTStormont House Agreement • July 16th, 2021
The Stormont House Agreement and Dealing with the PastStormont House Agreement • December 5th, 2016
Inquests and the Failure by the State to discharge its international legal obligations and comply with the Lord Chief Justice’s Concept Plan
Dr Lauren DempsterStormont House Agreement • April 18th, 2018
The Stormont House Agreement (SHA) provides the framework for a group of institutions designed to respond to ‘The Past.’ These are a Historical Investigations Unit (HIU) aimed at providing a prosecutorial route that families can pursue if they so choose, an Independent Commission for Information Retrieval (ICIR) – a form of truth recovery mechanism, and an Oral History Archive (OHA). An Implementation and Reconciliation Group (IRG) will have a dual role of producing a report on themes and promoting reconciliation.
WHAT WERE THE KEY ISSUES BEING NEGOTIATED?Stormont House Agreement • June 4th, 2021
The Stormont House Agreement was signed in the run up to Christmas 2014 after months of intensive negotiations. It was signed between the British and Irish governments and all five of the main political parties in Northern Ireland.
The Stormont House Agreement (December 2014) The Fresh Start Agreement (November 2015) The Independent Commission on Information Retrieval (January 2016) The Stormont House Agreement (Legacy) Bill (n.d.)Stormont House Agreement • March 16th, 2018
It is described by UK Government Publications (www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-stormont-house-agreement), as an “agreement reached with Northern Ireland’s political leaders” after 11 weeks of talks at Stormont. (In fact, the Ulster Unionist Party, although a participant in the talks, withheld its agreement.) The Agreement was published on 23 December 2014.
Victims and Survivors matter. Listen to them.Stormont House Agreement • February 23rd, 2018
Within our role as Advocates there is much talk about Stormont House and the sections within it that are supposed to deal comprehensively with the past.
Stormont House AgreementStormont House Agreement • September 11th, 2020
• Commission on Flags, Identity, Culture and Tradition reports in 18 months. Responsibility for parades and protests devolved; Executive to propose mechanism.
STORMONT HOUSE AGREEMENTStormont House Agreement • June 6th, 2016
In March 2015, the members of the Victims and Survivors Forum agreed to a series of principles that reflect their views and aspirations for the institutions that will deal with the past.
