北爱尔兰终止流血并启动和解的耶稣受难日协定理应受到赞誉，但令受害者沮丧的是，和平进程的一个组成部分 — — 建立调查过去罪行的机制 — — 遭遇的政治阻力非常之强。
In Northern Ireland, the Good Friday Agreement, justly acclaimed for staunching the bloodshed and starting reconciliation, has – to the great frustration of victims – run into political resistance over one integral element of the peace process: the establishment of mechanisms to clarify past crimes.