Rosemary Nelson (born circa 1958; died March 15, 1999) was a prominent solicitor from Northern Ireland. March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... A solicitor is a type of lawyer in many common law jurisdictions, such as the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Republic of Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, but not the United States or Canada (in the United States the word has a quite different meaning—see below). ... Motto: (French for God and my right)2 Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (De facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (De facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Office suspended...

Nelson, neé Magee, obtained her law degree at Queen's University, Belfast (QUB). She worked with other solicitors for a number of years before opening her own practice. As a result of her defence work, representing clients in a number of high profile cases (including defending a client accused of murdering two Royal Ulster Constabulary officers), she stated that she had received death threats from members of the RUC. Queens University, generally referred to simply as Queens, is a coeducational, non-sectarian, research-intensive university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was name of the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001. ...

She also represented the Garvaghy Road Residents' Coalition in nearby Portadown in its long-running and often violent standoff against the Orange Order. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Many of her clients claimed that RUC officers had threatened her through them several times. In 1998, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Param Curamaswamy, noted these threats in his annual report, and stated in a television interview that he believed her life could be in danger. He made recommendations to the British government concerning threats from police against lawyers, which were not acted upon. Later that year, Nelson testified before a committee of the United States Congress investigating human rights in Northern Ireland, confirming that death threats had been made against her and her three children.^[1] This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The United Kingdom is a unitary state and a democratic constitutional monarchy. ... Seal of the U.S. Congress. ... Motto: (French for God and my right)2 Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (De facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (De facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Office suspended...

Nelson was killed by a car bomb outside her home in Lurgan, County Armagh, in 1999 at the age of 40. A loyalist paramilitary group calling itself the Red Hand Defenders claimed responsibility for the killing.^[2] WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... County Armagh (Contae Ard Mhacha in Irish) is a county in Ulster, Ireland. ... In general, a loyalist is an individual who is loyal to the powers that be or The Establishment. ... A paramilitary organization is a group of civilians trained and organised in a military fashion. ... The Red Hand Defenders (RHD) is an extremist terrorist group formed in 1998 and composed largely of Protestant hardliners from loyalist groups observing a cease-fire. ...

She is survived by her husband and three children.

In 2004, the Cory Collusion Inquiry recommended that the UK Government hold an inquiry into the circumstances of Nelson's death. The Cory Collusion Inquiry was established to conduct an independent inquiry into deaths relating to the Troubles in Northern Ireland. ...

The resulting inquiry into her murder opened at the Craigavon Civic Centre, North County Armagh, in April, 2005.^[3] In September 2006 the British security service MI5 announced it would be represented at the inquiry. This move provoked criticism from Nelson's family, fearing MI5 may remove sensitive or classified information.^[4] Current MI5 headquarters in Thames House, London The Security Service, usually called MI5, is the British counter-intelligence and security agency. ...

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