Pat Finucane Centre

Pat Finucane Centre

Type	Non-profit, interest group
Location	Derry and Newry, Northern Ireland
Services	Research and documentation of conflict related-deaths during the Northern Irish conflict, advocacy and lobbying
Key people	Geraldine Finucane
Website	http://www.patfinucanecentre.org/

The Pat Finucane Centre (PFC) is a human rights advocacy and lobbying entity in Northern Ireland. Named in honour of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane, it operates advice centres in Derry and Newry, dealing mainly with complaints from Irish nationalists and republicans. The PFC promotes a nonviolent ethos, believing that the Northern Irish conflict arose mainly due to the government's failure to uphold Article 7 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

all are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law

— Article 7, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The PFC also states that the criminal justice system is not conducive to justice regarding crimes during the Northern Irish conflict, and, following a relative's request, one of the core activities of the PFC is to research and document individual cases of death during the conflict.

References

• "New inquiry call over Army killings". BBC. 11 June 2002. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
• "Civil Liberties/Human Rights : Pat Finucane Centre for Human Rights (PFC)". Irish Links. 20 April 2008. Archived from the original on 18 November 2007. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
• "CD for Northern Ireland's Pat Finucane Centre". Green Left Weekly (350). Cultural Dissent. 24 February 1999. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012.
• "Widow opens Newry's Pat Finucane Centre". The Newry Democrat. 12 December 2006. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
• "UK: Northern Ireland Software centre plans under fire". BBC. 25 August 1999. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
• "Family seek answers over shooting". BBC. 25 October 2002. Retrieved 6 January 2009.

External links

• Official site
• Entry in Irishlinks