Sinn Féin has stressed the need for reform of the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland. It has also called for abolition of the Special Criminal Court in the Republic.
Mr Gerry Adams said a "largely internal and Northern Ireland Office-led review" of the judicial framework fell short of what the Belfast Agreement requires.
The party president published a paper in Belfast yesterday which claimed "a flawed and failed system was tasked with reviewing itself". This, in turn, led to "a flawed review, a flawed report and a flawed Justice Act".
Current attempts to revive the political process and restore devolution provided a new opportunity to address the issue, the paper said.
Sinn Féin wants justice reform to ensure the criminal system is "representative of the society it serves", and it seeks a timetablr
e for such reform.
It also seeks "an accountable judicial appointments process", decentralisation and restructuring of prosecution services and it also wants an oversight process to review the change it believes is necessary.
The party calls for a Law Commission to modernise and transform law and to oversee harmonisation between the two jurisdictions North and South.
Other points include a call for an independent complaints mechanism, an immediate end to "repressive legislation" including no-jury Diplock Courts in the North and the Special Criminal Court, and an independent review of inquests and the Coroner's Court.
Mr Adams said he wanted to see the transfer of justice powers to a devolved executive at Stormont and had forwarded suggested models for an appropriate ministry.
He accused the British government of abject failure which "is nowhere more clear than in the missed opportunity to transform the criminal justice system in the north of Ireland".
He alleged that the justice system had been used as a measure of political control and repression.