Nov 1997-April 1998 (5 months)

Mandate: Special one-person commission established by the British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Sir Kenneth Bloomfield to “look into possible ways to recognize the pain and suffering felt by victims of violence arising from the troubles of the last 30 years”. [PH]

We Will Remember Them (April 1998)
Report of the Northern Ireland Victims Commission

June 2006: In early April 2004, Northern Ireland secretary, Paul Murphy, consulted families, church leaders and community groups on how to structure a proposed Truth Commission to deal with 1,800 unsolved murders and the legacy of the violence in which more than 3,600 people died. [The Guardian]

Discussions about a Truth Commission continue.