File:Widgery Tribunal Report.jpg

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Description	The front cover of the report of the Widgery Tribunal, created to investigate into events on Bloody Sunday, Derry, 1972, an incident of enormous significance during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. It is to appear in the Widgery Tribunal article, which has no images. Image is a passport-sized colour photo of a UK government-sponsored report, published more than 50 years ago (1972)
Author or copyright owner	UK Government
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Cain web service (conflict and politics in Northern Ireland): https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/hmso/widgery.jpg
Date of publication	19 April 1972
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Widgery Tribunal
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	to serve as the primary means of visual identification at the top of the article dedicated to the work in question.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Any derivative work based upon the cover art would be a copyright violation, so creation of a free image is not possible.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	This small image will appear only to illustrate the article: a tribunal of inquiry leading to a printed report, to which this image refers.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The use of a low resolution image of a work's cover will not impact the commercial viability of the work.
Other information	The printed UK government report of which this is the front cover has been in the public domain since April 1972
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