Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 11 April 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

Legacy Issues: Commission for Victims and Survivors

Mr. Alan Bracknell:

I thank the Deputy. It is important to actually notice and realise that there are other ways of telling the story. It does not have to be part of the criminal justice system. To be honest I found that out by being involved in that process. It was a nerve-wracking process from the start but the point about it is there are other ways of doing things. We should not always look to the criminal justice system because in most jurisdictions the criminal justice system has not worked for people. It has definitely not worked for people regarding the Troubles or the conflict. So we do need to look at different ways of dealing with our past and getting a sense of empathy for each other which I think is sometimes lost and sometimes missing.

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