This article critically examines how existing truth recovery processes have, and how proposed truth recovery processes might, address the issue of shoot-to-kill in Northern Ireland. In contrast to ongoing legacy case prosecutions of British Army veterans, it argues that truth recovery processes should adopt a maximalist conceptualization of truth and responsibility. This, it is argued, necessitates differentiating between legal truth and structural truth, and between legal, political and moral responsibility. It is further submitted that such an approach would reflect the importance of identifying and understanding patterns (looking at similar cases collectively) and context (looking at the socio-political-legal backdrop to them) when establishing the ‘broad circumstances’ around disputed killings. This approach would allow truth recovery to advance beyond low-level ‘trigger pullers’ to ensure ‘moral accountability’ for the complicity of other actors within the state apparatus.

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“触发者”之外的真相：道德责任、过渡（内）正义和法律真相的局限性

本文批判性地研究了现有的真相恢复流程如何以及提议的真相恢复流程如何解决北爱尔兰的枪杀问题。与正在进行的对英国陆军退伍军人的遗留案件起诉相比，它认为真相恢复过程应该采用对真相和责任的最大化概念化。有人认为，这需要区分法律真理和结构真理，以及法律、政治和道德责任。进一步提出，在确定围绕有争议的杀戮的“广泛情况”时，这种方法将反映识别和理解模式（集体查看类似案件）和背景（查看他们的社会-政治-法律背景）的重要性。