Recommendation 13

The Government must, with some urgency, set out how its proposed information recovery mechanism will operate, including the means by which it will obtain information. The needs of victims and survivors, for truth, accountability and for reconciliation will be deeply damaged if information is not fully available without 28 Addressing the Legacy of Northern Ireland’s Past: the Government’s New Proposals (Interim Report) impediment to legacy structures. For this to be successful, transparency and access to relevant information are key and the positive and proactive engagement of the relevant actors and agencies would be required. We heard that historically the operational culture has not always met this test and ask those concerned to reflect carefully on this point. (Paragraph 47) Operation Kenova