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GFA@25: State Accountability

Event date/time: 

Thursday, April 20, 2023 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm

Place: 

Online

The Good Friday Agreement @ 25

Art of Conflict Transformation Spring 2023 Event Series
Celebrating & critically examining the historic British/Irish peace accord

This is an online event, please register here:
Zoom registration

Panelists will explore the role of the courts and victim/survivor-centered initiatives in holding the State accountable for human rights violations in the absence of agreed upon post conflict mechanisms to address the past. Included will be a discussion of the highly controversial 2022 Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill. 

Gráinne Teggart  
Deputy Programme Director-Northern Ireland, Amnesty International UK 

Padraig Ó Muirigh  
Ó Muirigh Solicitors, Conflict Legacy Cases Specialisation  

John Teggart (bio)  
Family representative, Ballymurphy Massacre Committee 

Dr. Leah Wing (moderator) (bio)   
UMass Amherst Legal Studies faculty 
Member, Healing Through Remembering, Belfast

For more information, see event webpage

Location: 

Online
Amherst, MA 01003
United States
Online Amherst MA