Abuse of children in Irish institutions amounted to torture : a news selection
Compiled by drs. Pieter Schultz (web editor, information professional / content curator & religion researcher)
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
