Sinn Féin Senator Conor Murphy today raised the case of murdered GAA official Sean Brown during a meeting with the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, in Strasbourg.
Speaking at the Council of Europe, Senator Murphy said:
“As a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe representing Ireland, I met today with the Commissioner for Human Rights where I raised the case of murdered GAA official Sean Brown.
“I highlighted the British government’s ongoing failure to establish an independent public inquiry into Mr Brown’s 1997 murder — despite a previous High Court ruling directing it to do so, which was upheld last week by the Court of Appeal in Belfast which declared this refusal ‘unlawful’ and a breach of Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
“Chief Justice Siobhán Keegan, delivering the court’s judgment on 3 April, confirmed that no effective, ECHR-compliant investigation has taken place in the 27 years since Mr. Brown was killed, calling the delay ‘a shocking state of affairs’.
“There can be no more delays. The courts have been clear. The British government must act decisively and immediately to establish a full, independent public inquiry into the murder of Sean Brown. This is a matter of human rights, truth, and accountability, and I have urged the Council of Europe to ensure continued international oversight.”
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