The decision by Northern Ireland's attorney to re-open inquests into the ten people killed in the 1971 Ballymurphy shootings in Belfast is to be welcomed.
As with the killings on Bloody Sunday - at the hands of the same British army Parachute Regiment and just a few months later - the deaths in Belfast in August of that fateful year sparked a campaign by the families of the slain that refused to fold, even with the passing of decades.
Now there is a chance that the full extent, or at least a fuller account, of the circumstances surrounding the Ballymurphy killings will be revealed to the world.
As the same time, however, inquests might not necessarily reveal the entire picture behind the shootings, not least the kinds of political and military decisions taken before the bullets were fired.
As with the Pat Finucane and Rosemary Nelson cases, the Ballymurphy families have long wanted to see a fully independent and international inquiry into the ten deaths.
New inquests don't precisely match such a demand. But they do represent progress and a degree of vindication for the campaigners.
