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Northern Ireland Detainees Enquiry: Report
Catalogue reference: HO 248
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HO 248
The series contains the published report of the Committee of Inquiry into Allegations against the Security Forces of Physical Brutality in Northern Ireland ensuing out of the events on the 9 August, 1971. The Report (Cmnd. 4823) was published in...
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HO 248
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Title (The name of the record)
- Northern Ireland Detainees Enquiry: Report
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Date (When the record was created)
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1971-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series contains the published report of the Committee of Inquiry into Allegations against the Security Forces of Physical Brutality in Northern Ireland ensuing out of the events on the 9 August, 1971. The Report (Cmnd. 4823) was published in November 1971.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Northern Ireland Detainees Enquiry, 1971-1971
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 volume(s)
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- Ireland
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Committee was appointed on 31 August 1971 by the Home Secretary, Reginald Maudling, under the chairmanship of Sir Edmund Compton, GCB, KBE, with his Honour Edgar Fay QC and Dr Ronald Gibson, CBE as members. The terms of reference were 'To investigate allegations by those arrested on 9 August under the Civil Authorities (Special Powers) Act (Northern Ireland) 1922 of physical brutality while in the custody of the security forces prior to either their subsequent release, the preferring of a criminal charge or their being lodged in a place specified in a detention order'.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9112/
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