COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION JUNE 24, 1997 Printed for the use of the Committee on International Relations 42-396 CC U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York, Chairman WILLIAM GOODLING, Pennsylvania STEVEN J. CHABOT, Ohio MARSHALL “MARK" SANFORD, South Carolina MATT SALMON, Arizona AMO HOUGHTON, New York TOM CAMPBELL, California JON FOX, Pennsylvania JOHN MCHUGH, New York LINDSEY GRAHAM, South Carolina ROY BLUNT, Missouri JERRY MORAN, Kansas LEE HAMILTON, Indiana MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California GROVER JOSEPH REES, Subcommittee Staff Director and Chief Counsel ROBERT R. KING, Democratic Professional Staff Member DOUGLAS C. ANDERSON, Counsel ELISE M. KENDERIAN, Staff Associate 38-110202 (II) 1900 0262.9.8 K+27 1997 Ms. Julia A. Hall, Northern Ireland Researcher, Human Rights Watch Mr. Stephen Livingstone, Co-Director, University of Nottingham Human Mr. Martin O'Brien, Executive Director, Committee for the Administration Mr. Michael Posner, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee for Human Page Mrs. Brenda Downes, widow of John Downes (deceased), United Campaign Mr. Edward Wallace, National President, Ancient Order of Hibernians Mrs. Mary Paglione, National President, Ladies' Ancient Order of Hibernians Additional material submitted for the record: Statement by Sen. George Mitchell, "Peace Isn't Impossible," Newsweek, Statement by Rt. Rev. Monsignor Murray, "Relatives for Justice," June 178 Amnesty International Report on the United Kingdom (1997) Amnesty International, "Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment: De- |