Amnesty decision outcomes
The Commission's Amnesty Committee weighed each application against the law: full disclosure of an act carried out with a political motive. These are the 1,088 decisions in the archive, grouped by how they resolved. Choose an outcome to read the decisions behind it.
Outcome breakdown
Every amnesty decision, grouped by how it resolved.
- Granted73668%
- Refused23121%
- Partly granted11410%
- Dismissed30%
- Not recorded30%
- Reserved10%
Outcomes are read from the decision text. Where one decision covered several applicants and split, it is counted as partly granted.
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Open an outcome to see every decision it covers, which you can sort and search. Each decision links back to the hearing it came from wherever the case number matches, so you can move from the ruling to the evidence.
The Committee granted amnesty. The applicant made full disclosure of an act with a political motive and met the requirements of the Act.
View decisionsOne decision covering more than one applicant or incident, where some were granted amnesty and others were refused.
View decisionsThe Committee refused amnesty, most often because the applicant fell short of full disclosure or the act was not political.
View decisionsThe application was dismissed, usually on a procedural point, without a ruling on the merits.
View decisionsThe Committee reserved its decision at the time this record was made.
View decisionsThe archive record does not state how this decision resolved.
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