The campaign for an independent pubic inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane is supported by thousands of lawyers around the world.

We are also supported by many international human rights bodies and individuals.

Amongst those who have expressed support are the following:

  • the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers
  •  the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extra-judicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions
  • the United Nations Special Representative on Human Rights Defenders
  •  the United Nations Human Rights Committee
  •  the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture
  •  the Irish government
  •  the House of Representatives of the US Congress
  •  the US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland, Dr Mitchell Reiss
  •  the House International Relations Committee, USA
  •  the House Sub-committee on International Operations and Human Rights
  •  the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
  •  Amnesty International
  •  the International Commission of Jurists
  •  the International Federation of Human Rights
  •  Human Rights First
  •  Human Rights Watch
  •  Frontline
  •  the International League for Human Rights
  •  the Committee on the Administration of Justice
  •  British Irish Rights Watch
  •  Liberty
  •  the Haldane Society
  •  the Patrick Finucane Centre, Northern Ireland
  •  Bloody Sunday Justice Campaign
  •  Justice for the Forgotten
  •  Dublin Springhill Community House, Northern Ireland
  •  Relatives for Justice, Northern Ireland
  •  the Law Society of Northern Ireland
  •  the Law Society of England and Wales
  •  the Law Society of Ireland
  •  the General Council of the Bar of England & Wales
  •  the General Council of the Bar of Northern Ireland
  •  the General Council of the Bar of Ireland
  •  the International Bar Association
  •  the American Bar Association
  •  the Association of the Bar of the City of New York
  •  the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, USA
  •  the Lawyers Alliance, USA
  •  the Brehon Law Society, USA
  •  Human Rights Watch Canada
  •  the International Centre for Human Rights and Economic Development, Canada
  •  the International Association of Democratic Lawyers
  •  the European Democratic Lawyers Federation
  •  the Norwegian Helsinki Committee
  •  the Society of Labour Lawyers