Victims groups say the law will protect perpetrators, but the government believes it will 'draw a line under the past'.
A controversial law that would effectively end prosecutions related to The Troubles has passed its final hurdle in the Commons - despite anger from all sides on the island of Ireland., which will stop new cases and inquests being opened into killings on both sides of the conflict.
Inspired by Nelson Mandela's Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa, the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery will also produce a historical record of what is known in relation to every death that occurred during the Troubles.
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