Boston College Third World Law Journal Volume 15 | Issue 1 Article 5 1-1-1995 Does Peace Have a Chance? Protection of Individual Rights as the Foundation for Lasting Peace in Northern Ireland Christopher A. Callanan Follow this and additional works at: http://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/twlj Part of the Civil Rights and Discrimination Commons, and the Foreign Law Commons Recommended Citation Christopher A. Callanan, Does Peace Have a Chance? Protection of Individual Rights as the Foundation for Lasting Peace in Northern Ireland, 15 B.C. Third World L.J. 87 (1995), http://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/twlj/vol15/iss1/5 This Notes is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Journals at Digital Commons @ Boston College Law School. It has been accepted for inclusion in Boston College Third World Law Journal by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Boston College Law School. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. DOES PEACE HAVE A CHANCE? PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AS THE FOUNDATION FOR lASTING PEACE IN NORTHERN IRELAND CHRISTOPHER A. CALLANAN* 1. INTRODUCTION She would later tell her story to reporters, identifYing herself only as "Sharon."! She had spent a Saturday night in her father's bar in Greysteel, Northern Ireland, which at the time probably did not seem in any way out of the ordinary.2 Perhaps Sharon noticed only that the Rising Sun was particularly "packed" that night.3 However, it was the night before Halloween, so the crowd of about sixty likely seemed appropriate for the occasion.4 Unfortunately, nothing could have prepared Sharon for this par ticular Saturday night.