 Brice Dickson said victims want their pain recognised |
Not enough attention has been paid to the rights of victims in Northern Ireland, Human Rights Commissioner Brice Dickson has said. Over the past three years, the commission has been collecting the views of people affected by the Troubles and by domestic and racial violence.
The findings are being published on Wednesday.
Mr Dickson said the commission had spoken to a broad range of people from across the community.
"They have been saying to us that they want their pain recognised," he said.
"They want the hurt that they have suffered acknowledged.
"They want then, secondarily, access to a proper justice system, they want access to compensation, access to services in a non-discriminatory way and they want a lot of these rights underpinned by a bill of rights for Northern Ireland.
"The commission is working on a bill of rights and we want to include in it rights that belong to victims."
The commission is a statutory body which was established under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.
Its role is to ensure that the human rights of everyone in Northern Ireland are protected in law, policy and practice.
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