Audio interview with Kieron McEvoy, Reader of Law and Transitional Justice and Director of Research at Queen’s University Belfast, by the BBC. The Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement provided a programme for the release of republican and loyalist prisoners if the paramilitary organisation they were affiliated with had established and maintained a ceasefire. McEvoy discusses the difficulties of re-integrating these prisoners into society. 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: Unknown
Name of First Interviewee: Kieran McEvoy
Role at time of Interview: Reader of Law and Transitional Justice at Queen’s University, Belfast
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: 1998-2000
Key Individuals: Kieran McEvoy
Key Words: Paramilitary, prisoner, unionist