From Widgery to Impunity

April 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of the discredited Widgery Tribunal report into Bloody Sunday. To mark the anniversary of one of the biggest cover-ups in British legal history, the Bloody Sunday Trust and Pat Finucane Centre have organised a panel discussion titled 'From Widgery to Impunity'. This panel features 3 senior legal experts - human rights lawyer Gareth Peirce, solicitor Patricia Coyle, and Prof. Christine Bell, and is chaired by journalist Amanda Ferguson.

About the panel:

Gareth Peirce is a human rights lawyer who represented the Guildford Four, Birmingham Six and Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg, among others. Patricia Coyle is a Derry-born solicitor whose ground breaking research in the National Archives was instrumental in having the second Bloody Sunday Enquiry established, and she is currently active in a number of ongoing legacy cases including the Derry Four. Belfast-born Christine Bell is Professor of Law at the University of Edinburgh, a former Director of the Bloody Sunday Trust and former member of both the Committee on the Administration of Justice and the Human Rights Commission. Christine is a renowned academic in the field of human rights and transitional justice.