Once a request for an investigation has been accepted, the Commission is under a legal duty to carry out an investigation.
Considerations concerning publication of investigations
The Commission will be open about investigations in the information recovery stage where it can, especially for the purposes of obtaining evidence through witnesses coming forward with new information and so that members of the public with a legal right to see the draft report can make themselves known to the Commission.
There may be reasons, such as prejudice to obtaining evidence, threat to life or other matters which mean that the fact of an investigation being underway is not published. Such decisions are kept under review, and in any event the final report from the investigation will always become public.
Separately the Commission regularly publishes overall data about the investigations in its Support, Information Recovery and Findings stages and other relevant information about requests made, accepted and refused. The Commission will not confirm the identity of a Requesting Individual, but such individuals may themselves decide to make their request public.
Providing information
If you have any information about our live investigations, please contact ICRIR Information Recovery.
Contact the ICRIR Information Recovery team
Our commitment to witnesses
This Charter summarises the standards of care you can expect from the Commission if we ask you to give information or evidence about an event related to the Troubles/Conflict that we are investigating.
ICRIR Charter of Commitments to witnesses
Draft reports
Those who consider they may have a legal right to see the draft report, such as a victim or close family member of the deceased, should contact ICRIR Case Support.
This list does not reflect every investigation, rather it reflects those which Requesting Individuals have agreed can be made public and which the Commission has assessed likewise following evaluation against the relevant criteria.