Patten Commission Report on Policing in Northern Ireland Hearing Before the Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives

The police force in Northern Ireland (NI), the RUC, has failed to uphold human rights for years. There have been many reports of RUC beatings & death threats. This hearing is the 4th in a series of meetings which focuses on re-orienting policing in NI onto an approach based on upholding human rights. Witnesses: Chris Patten, Chairman, Independent Comm. Policing for NI, accom. by Sen. Maurice Hayes; Michael Posner, Exec. Dir., Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, Michael Finucane, son of Patrick Finucane, Slain Defense Attorney; Maggie Beirne, Committee on the Admin. of Justice, Belfast; Julia Hall, NI Researcher, Human Rights Watch; & Jane Winter, Dir., British Irish Rights Watch.Smith, Christopher H. is the author of 'Patten Commission Report on Policing in Northern Ireland Hearing Before the Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives' with ISBN 9780756716509 and ISBN 0756716500.