Victims Unit

The Victims Unit was established in 2000 as a dedicated unit with the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM), its role was to raise awareness of, and co-ordinate activity on, issues affecting victims of 'the Troubles' across the devolved administration and throughout Northern Ireland in general. Initally the Victims Unit worked alongside the Victims Liaison Unit (VLU) but gradually some of the areas of responsibility of the VLU were passed to the Victims Unit. The VLU closed at the end of January 2005. (See: Details on vicitims organisations.)