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  Abuse of Children in Irish Institutions Amounted to Torture : a News Selection

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September 30, 2011

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NEWS RELEASE

Abuse of children in Irish institutions amounted to torture [Amnesty International Ireland, 26 september 2011] http://alturl.com/i77cn

REPORT

In plain sight : Responding to the Ferns, Ryan, Murphy and Cloyne Reports / Carole Holohan, BA, MA, PhD [Amnesty International Ireland, September 2011] http://alturl.com/du7s8

Contents

Preface

The Advisory Group

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Summary and Key Findings

Chapter 1: The Human Rights Abuses

Children’s Rights

Specific Rights Abuses

Torture, Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment

Right to Private and Family Life

Due Process Rights for Children in Conflict with the Law

Right to be free from Slavery and Forced labour

Social and Economic Rights

Right to be free from Discrimination

Accountability for Human Rights Violations

The State

Private Individuals

Civil Society

Chapter 2: Why did this happen?

Responsibility and Accountability: Who was responsible?

Non-State Actors - Agents of the Roman Catholic Church

State Actors

Wider Society

Identity and Status: Who was abused?

Class

Threats to the ‘Moral Order’

Disability

Ethnicity

Attitudes to Children: Why didn’t we listen?

Children and Residential Institutions

Children and the Courts

The Voice of the Child

Contributors' Responses

Chapter 3: Lessons for Today

Children Today

Institutional Settings

The Catholic Church and Child Protection

Other Allegations of Past Abuses

Role of the Public

Contributors' Responses

Chapter 4: Key Findings

Annex 1: Evolving Status of Children’s Rights

Annex 2: Red C Opinion Poll

Annex 3: Past Abuses

NEWS SELECTION

Ireland

#Amnesty’s report finds Ireland’s clerical sexual abuse was ‘torture’ / D. KELLY [IE; Irish Central; #clericalsexabuse] alturl.com/8k29o

Amnesty: Children 'tortured' in institutions [IE; Irish Examiner; #clericalabuse] http://t.co/kCC5N0w7

Clerical abuse in Ireland tantamount to torture: report [IE; The Journal; #clericalabuse] http://t.co/HQAHhXPs

Abuse was 'human rights failure' / PATSY MCGARRY [IE; The Irish Times; #clergyabuse #amnestyinternational] http://t.co/f9pKLXaz

83% angry at #State's attitude in past to child abuse, says report / CARL O'BRIEN [IE; The Irish Times; #childabuse] http://t.co/dn0bpOpI

#Amnesty to report on clerical abuse [IE; Irish Examiner; #clergyabuse] http://t.co/uOQYhTqH

Irish children #tortured in state & church institutions – scathing report / S. Stack [IE; Independent.ie; #clergyabuse] http://t.co/FQ9jhPUC

Key findings of #Amnesty report into child abuse / By Sarah Stack [IE; Irish Independent; #clergysexabuse] http://t.co/0AT1w5Bx

Horrors of child abuse could be repeated / By Caroline O’Doherty [IE; Irish Examiner; #clergychildabuse] http://t.co/AnZmgxcI

'Horrifying if done to prisoners of war' / PATSY McGARRY [IE; The Irish Times; #clergychildabuse] http://t.co/163yYA57

Lack of #accountability at heart of abuse of #children [IE; The Irish Times; #clergyabuse] http://t.co/r0ebItT6

Abuse in #institutions amounted to 'torture' [IE; The Irish Times; #clergyabuse] http://t.co/Bxt7peiH

Cori[, Conference of Religious of Ireland,] regrets not being asked for response [IE; The Irish Times; #clergyabuse] http://t.co/wlfH9o06

Abuse was 'human rights failure' / PATSY MCGARRY [IE; Irishtimes.com; #clergyabuse] http://t.co/cD8gqPHb

Philippines

Amnesty says Irish child abuse amounted to torture [IE; Interaksyon; #clergyabuse #amnestyinternational] http://t.co/V1bcp5Gl

United Kingdom

Amnesty International report finds clerical sex abuse was 'torture' [IE; BBC News; #clergyabuse #amnestyinternational] http://t.co/R45B0Ep3

United States

Abuse in #Ireland amounted to #torture, human rights group says / By Carol Glatz [IE; CNS; #amnesty #clergyabuse] http://t.co/5f395Zdr

In Plain Sight: Turning a blind eye to the #rape and torture of #children [IE; #SNAP Wisconsin; #clergyabuse #amnesty] http://t.co/UN0hwPFH

#Amnesty International slams Irish Catholic #Church on abuse / F. Rocca [IE; The Washington Post; #clergychildabuse] http://t.co/MB4qnSDp

Major Human Rights Report Affirms That Sexual Abuse by the Clergy is “Torture [US/IE; CCR; #clergyabuse #amnesty] http://t.co/8EvZEroJ

Abuse scandal 'amounts to torture' [IE; UTV News; #clerricalabuse] http://t.co/Ox7zoUwb

Damning #Amnesty Report on Irish Child Abuse [IE; 98 FM; #clergychildabuse] http://t.co/PDncvYf0

Amnesty International slams Irish Catholic #Church on #abuse / By Francis X. Rocca [IE; The Washington Post] http://t.co/YUbvHLTe

The Hague, September 30th, 2011

 
 

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