Ms Irati Oliega Aiesta:

Do not worry. I wish to add to what Professor Rolston said. As part of our work, we have been very active in reporting what has been happening in the high court in Belfast for two weeks. I think Professor Rolston mentioned the legal challenge that some of the families have taken. We are active in that sense. Something the high court heard that ties in with the question about intergenerational trauma is that regarding the enactment of the Bill, the Act itself is considered to be a secondary trauma to victims and survivors. It does not affect only the initial victims. We are talking about the secondary trauma that now affects the whole family; we are talking about different generations.

Going back to previous questions that were not fully answered, we believe that the Act violates several of the articles of the European Convention on Human Rights. Going back to basics, something we do not mention often is that the basis and core of all human rights is human dignity, which is exactly what is being attacked, in this case, as a secondary trauma intergenerationally. That is the impact across not only victims and survivors but the whole society here. It is something we should also take into account.