Audio interview with Ian Paisley, Jr., DUP MP for North Antrim, by the BBC in 2000. Under the terms of the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement, a Criminal Justice Review Group was established to address elements of the judicial system including prosecution arrangements and lay involvement in that system. Its report, published on 30 March 2000, outlined proposed reforms of the judicial system in Northern Ireland. Ian Paisley, Jr., discusses the proposals suggested by the report. This interview forms part of the BBC Northern Ireland A State Apart online resource which documents thirty years of peace and violence in Northern Ireland from the Troubles to the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 2000
Name of First Interviewee: Ian Paisley, Jr.
Role at time of Interview: DUP Justice spokesperson and DUP MP for North Antrim
Interviewer: Unknown
Purpose: News, Research
Media: Audio
Copyright: BBC © 2012
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: BBC Northern Ireland A State Apart
Time Period covered: 2000
Key Individuals: Ian Paisley Jr., Duncan Shipley-Dalton
Key Words: Criminal Justice Review, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, DUP, judiciary