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The Law Show is your guide to the law and the legal decisions that have a bearing on everyone in the UK.

Weekly conversation that will give you an in-depth understanding of the law stories making news and the legal decisions that could have a bearing on everyone in the UK. Whether it's unpicking a landmark legal ruling, explaining how laws are made or seeking clarity for you on a legal issue, The Law Show will be your guide.

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The Law Show: The Legacy of the Good Friday Agreement

28/03/2023

The Legacy of the Good Friday Agreement

BBC Radio 4 - The Law Show, The Legacy of the Good Friday Agreement

On the 25th anniversary of the Northern Ireland peace deal, what challenges remain?

Twenty-five years after the peace deal in Northern Ireland, Joshua Rozenberg is in Belfast to ask what legacy it has had and what the chances are for reconciliation.

For a special edition recorded on location in Belfast, Joshua Rozenberg returns to Northern Ireland 25 years after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, which he reported on at the time. 
Meeting old contacts and new, he finds out what it took to get the negotiations over the line and what legacy the ground-breaking peace deal has had. He also hears about the challenges involved in achieving justice for the murders that remain unsolved; what problems remain with paramilitaries; and the UK government's attempt to bring about reconciliation. Will its Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill help, or rub salt in old wounds?  
And on the legal differences between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, Joshua meets a campaigner who had to travel to England to have an abortion.  As a result of an intervention by the Westminster government, terminations have since become legal (up to a point in the pregnancy), but some women still have to leave Northern Ireland to have the procedure.

Guests: 
Denis Murray, former BBC Ireland correspondent 
Peter Sheridan, former senior police officer, now CEO of Cooperation Ireland 
Louise Mallinder, professor of law at Queen's University Belfast
Naomi Connor, co-convener of Alliance for Choice 

Presenter: Joshua Rozenberg 
Producer: Arlene Gregorius
Researcher: Diane Richardson
Production Coordinator: Maria Ogundele
Studio Engineer: Graham Puddifoot
Editor: Simon Watts

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