Lord Saville's report into the Bloody Sunday killings raises the possibility of criminal prosecutions for offences ranging from perjury to murder.
The decision whether to bring any charges following the inquiry will fall to the head of the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (PPS) .
The current director, Sir Alasdair Fraser, announced last week that he is retiring in September, so it might fall to his yet-to-be-appointed successor.
The decision in any individual case would follow a police investigation and the director would have to apply a two-part test set out in the Code for Prosecutors.
Firstly, he or she will have to be satisfied there is a reasonable prospect of a conviction.
