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'''Rosemary Nelson''' (4 September 1958 – 15 March 1999) was a prominent Northern Irish human rights lawyer who was killed by a Loyalist paramilitary group in 1999. There are credible allegations that the RUC and British Security Forces were involved in her killing, <ref>[[File:CoryNelson.pdf]] - Cory Collusion Inquiry Report 1 April 2004 HMSO</ref> – a subsequent Inquiry into the killing Reported on 23 May 2011. <ref>[[File:Nelson Inquiry Final Report.pdf]] - The Rosemary Nelson Inquiry Report - 23 May 2011 HMSO</ref><ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jul/04/rosemary-nelson-murder-public-inquiry The Guardian</ref><ref>http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:viMGyftsfKAJ:chrissmith.house.gov/uploadedfiles/hres128.pdf+rosemary+nelson+human+rights&hl=en&gl=ie&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShbfD-ouIyIeHnQ5oiH6GHFdhBDsZ-cSoKYYTuWLB6FiUgWlAQtreivgwD8RmD2ZNxbBBjFiouz8Uv_-ELyH3p7McsSVtE2rU4eOjQpw6lxBw78BacDuSMXcgyRFWcA8uXW9mHT&sig=AHIEtbQOrdC12qn9SEqdTx5CZ8se-EzmDw US house of Representatives</ref><ref>http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/defenders/hrd_n_ireland/nelson_elisa_article.pdf Human Rights First report</ref><ref>http://www.faqs.org/abstracts/Social-sciences/Human-rights-hero-Lucas-Guttentag-International-human-rights-treaties-can-make-a-difference-US-imple.html</ref><ref>http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-58180438.html Six different Human Rights organisations</ref><ref>http://www.nacdl.org/public.nsf/newsreleases/99mn004?opendocument</ref><ref>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/loyalist-mckeown-police-asked-me-to-shoot-rosemary-nelson-dead-13922418.html</ref><ref>http://www.relativesforjustice.com/rosemary-nelson.htm Relatives for Justice</ref><ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/nireland/stories/bomb031699.htm</ref><ref>http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1999/03/16/ihead.htm</ref><ref>http://www.nycbar.org/pdf/report/uploads/20071765-BriefHistoryofNYCBarWorkonNorthernIreland.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-816845-man-held-over-rosemary-nelson-murder.do</ref><ref>http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2007/03/12/an_irish_champion_of_human_rights/</ref><ref>http://i2.democracynow.org/1999/3/18/who_killed_rosemary_nelson</ref>
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'''Rosemary Nelson''' (4 September 1958 – 15 March 1999) was a prominent Northern Irish human rights lawyer who was killed by a Loyalist paramilitary group in 1999. There are credible allegations that the RUC and British Security Forces were involved in her killing, <ref>[[File:CoryNelson.pdf]] - Cory Collusion Inquiry Report 1 April 2004 HMSO</ref> – a subsequent Inquiry into the killing Reported on 23 May 2011. <ref name=final>[[File:Nelson Inquiry Final Report.pdf]] - The Rosemary Nelson Inquiry Report - 23 May 2011 HMSO</ref> <ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jul/04/rosemary-nelson-murder-public-inquiry The Guardian</ref> <ref>http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:viMGyftsfKAJ:chrissmith.house.gov/uploadedfiles/hres128.pdf+rosemary+nelson+human+rights&hl=en&gl=ie&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShbfD-ouIyIeHnQ5oiH6GHFdhBDsZ-cSoKYYTuWLB6FiUgWlAQtreivgwD8RmD2ZNxbBBjFiouz8Uv_-ELyH3p7McsSVtE2rU4eOjQpw6lxBw78BacDuSMXcgyRFWcA8uXW9mHT&sig=AHIEtbQOrdC12qn9SEqdTx5CZ8se-EzmDw US house of Representatives</ref> <ref>http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/defenders/hrd_n_ireland/nelson_elisa_article.pdf Human Rights First report</ref> <ref>http://www.faqs.org/abstracts/Social-sciences/Human-rights-hero-Lucas-Guttentag-International-human-rights-treaties-can-make-a-difference-US-imple.html</ref> <ref>http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-58180438.html Six different Human Rights organisations</ref> <ref>http://www.nacdl.org/public.nsf/newsreleases/99mn004?opendocument</ref> <ref>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/loyalist-mckeown-police-asked-me-to-shoot-rosemary-nelson-dead-13922418.html</ref> <ref>http://www.relativesforjustice.com/rosemary-nelson.htm Relatives for Justice</ref> <ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/nireland/stories/bomb031699.htm</ref> <ref>http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1999/03/16/ihead.htm</ref> <ref>http://www.nycbar.org/pdf/report/uploads/20071765-BriefHistoryofNYCBarWorkonNorthernIreland.pdf</ref> <ref>http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-816845-man-held-over-rosemary-nelson-murder.do</ref> <ref>http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2007/03/12/an_irish_champion_of_human_rights/</ref> <ref>http://i2.democracynow.org/1999/3/18/who_killed_rosemary_nelson</ref>
  
 
== Career ==
 
== Career ==
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The resulting inquiry into her assassination opened at the Craigavon Civic Centre, Craigavon, County Armagh, in April 2005.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4542381.stm BBC News report on inquiry]</ref> In September 2006 the British Security Service [[MI5]] announced it would be represented at the inquiry. This move provoked criticism from Nelson's family, who reportedly expressed concerns that [[MI5]] would remove sensitive or classified information.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/5366352.stm BBC News report September 2006 on MI5 involvement in Nelson murder inquiry]</ref>
 
The resulting inquiry into her assassination opened at the Craigavon Civic Centre, Craigavon, County Armagh, in April 2005.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4542381.stm BBC News report on inquiry]</ref> In September 2006 the British Security Service [[MI5]] announced it would be represented at the inquiry. This move provoked criticism from Nelson's family, who reportedly expressed concerns that [[MI5]] would remove sensitive or classified information.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/5366352.stm BBC News report September 2006 on MI5 involvement in Nelson murder inquiry]</ref>
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The Inquiry published its final report on 23 May 2011 <ref name=final />
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
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* [[Pat Finucane]]
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*[[File:CoryNelson.pdf]] - Cory Collusion Inquiry Report 1 April 2004
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* [[Robert Hamill]]
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*[[File:Nelson Inquiry Final Report.pdf]] - The Rosemary Nelson Inquiry Final Report - 23 May 2011 HMSO
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* [[Billy Wright (loyalist)|Billy Wright]]
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*[[Pat Finucane]]
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*[[Robert Hamill]]
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*[[Billy Wright (loyalist)|Billy Wright]]
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 14:59, 2 June 2011

Rosemary Nelson (4 September 1958 – 15 March 1999) was a prominent Northern Irish human rights lawyer who was killed by a Loyalist paramilitary group in 1999. There are credible allegations that the RUC and British Security Forces were involved in her killing, [1] – a subsequent Inquiry into the killing Reported on 23 May 2011. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

Career

Nelson, née Magee, obtained her law degree at Queens University, Belfast (QUB). She worked with other solicitors for a number of years before opening her own practice. Nelson represented clients in a number of high profile cases (including Michael Caraher, the South Armagh Sniper, as well as a republican paramilitary accused of killing two Royal Ulster Constabulary officers). She also represented the Garvaghy Road Residents' Coalition in nearby Portadown in the long-running Drumcree conflict against the Orange Order and RUC.

Death

Nelson claimed that she had received death threats from members of the RUC as a result of her defence work. Many of her clients claimed that RUC officers had threatened her through them several times. In 1998, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Param Curamaswamy, noted these threats in his annual report, and stated in a television interview that he believed her life could be in danger. He made recommendations to the British government concerning threats from police against lawyers, which were not acted upon. Later that year, Nelson testified before a committee of the United States Congress investigating human rights in Northern Ireland, confirming that death threats had been made against her and her three children.[17]

Nelson was assassinated, at the age of 40, by a car bomb outside her home in Lurgan, County Armagh, in 1999. An Ulster Loyalist paramilitary group calling itself the Red Hand Defenders claimed responsibility for the killing.[18] She is survived by her widower and their three children.

Posthumous

In 2004, the Cory Collusion Inquiry recommended that the UK Government hold an inquiry into the circumstances of Nelson's death.

The resulting inquiry into her assassination opened at the Craigavon Civic Centre, Craigavon, County Armagh, in April 2005.[19] In September 2006 the British Security Service MI5 announced it would be represented at the inquiry. This move provoked criticism from Nelson's family, who reportedly expressed concerns that MI5 would remove sensitive or classified information.[20]

The Inquiry published its final report on 23 May 2011 [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ File:CoryNelson.pdf - Cory Collusion Inquiry Report 1 April 2004 HMSO
  2. ↑ a b File:Nelson Inquiry Final Report.pdf - The Rosemary Nelson Inquiry Report - 23 May 2011 HMSO
  3. ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jul/04/rosemary-nelson-murder-public-inquiry The Guardian
  4. ↑ http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:viMGyftsfKAJ:chrissmith.house.gov/uploadedfiles/hres128.pdf+rosemary+nelson+human+rights&hl=en&gl=ie&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShbfD-ouIyIeHnQ5oiH6GHFdhBDsZ-cSoKYYTuWLB6FiUgWlAQtreivgwD8RmD2ZNxbBBjFiouz8Uv_-ELyH3p7McsSVtE2rU4eOjQpw6lxBw78BacDuSMXcgyRFWcA8uXW9mHT&sig=AHIEtbQOrdC12qn9SEqdTx5CZ8se-EzmDw US house of Representatives
  5. ↑ http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/defenders/hrd_n_ireland/nelson_elisa_article.pdf Human Rights First report
  6. ↑ http://www.faqs.org/abstracts/Social-sciences/Human-rights-hero-Lucas-Guttentag-International-human-rights-treaties-can-make-a-difference-US-imple.html
  7. ↑ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-58180438.html Six different Human Rights organisations
  8. ↑ http://www.nacdl.org/public.nsf/newsreleases/99mn004?opendocument
  9. ↑ http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/loyalist-mckeown-police-asked-me-to-shoot-rosemary-nelson-dead-13922418.html
  10. ↑ http://www.relativesforjustice.com/rosemary-nelson.htm Relatives for Justice
  11. ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/nireland/stories/bomb031699.htm
  12. ↑ http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1999/03/16/ihead.htm
  13. ↑ http://www.nycbar.org/pdf/report/uploads/20071765-BriefHistoryofNYCBarWorkonNorthernIreland.pdf
  14. ↑ http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-816845-man-held-over-rosemary-nelson-murder.do
  15. ↑ http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2007/03/12/an_irish_champion_of_human_rights/
  16. ↑ http://i2.democracynow.org/1999/3/18/who_killed_rosemary_nelson
  17. ↑ UNHCR press release UNHCHR
  18. ↑ BBC News report March 1999
  19. ↑ BBC News report on inquiry
  20. ↑ BBC News report September 2006 on MI5 involvement in Nelson murder inquiry

External links

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