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Policing, criminal justice, decommissioning, prisoner releases and security
were politically contentious aspects of the Good Friday Agreement. Independent
commissions were established to deal with police reform and criminal justice
and an international commission was set up to oversee the decommissioning
of paramilitary weapons. The British government committed itself to normalising
security but linked the process of demilitarisation to the level of threat
from dissident loyalist and republican groups. The early release of paramilitary
prisoners was particularly distressing for victims and their families. |
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