Dispatches from The Collusion Inquiry: A Tribute to the Honourable Peter Cory
Between 2002 and 2003, the Honourable Peter deCarteret Cory led an inquiry in the United Kingdom that examined allegations of state collusion in paramilitary murder. The Cory Collusion Inquiry arose out of the Weston Park Peace Negotiations. For years, allegations of state collusion in murder cases had obstructed the pursuit of a lasting peace in Northern Ireland. The Good Friday Accord of 1998 was not working, and the political parties regrouped at Weston Park in 2001. It was at that time that Prime Minister Tony Blair and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern jointly proposed the appointment of a judge from outside the UK to review the controversial cases and determine whether public inquiries were warranted. The judge selected was Peter Cory, then retired from the Supreme Court of Canada.
Recommended Citation: Renee M. Pomerance, Dispatches from The Collusion Inquiry: A Tribute to the Honourable Peter Cory, 44 Fordham Int'l L.J. 245 (2020).