NORTHERN IRELAND
BBC News
The Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry (HIA) is examining allegations of child abuse in children’s homes and other residential institutions in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 1995.
It is the biggest child abuse public inquiry ever held in the UK, having been contacted by more than 400 people who said they were abused in childhood.
The HIA inquiry was first announced in 2010 and was formally set up by Northern Ireland’s first and deputy first ministers on 31 May 2012.
Its aim is to establish if there were “systemic failings by institutions or the state in their duties towards those children in their care”.
It will also determine if victims should receive an apology and compensation.
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