IRELAND
Irish Times
Patsy McGarry
Fri, Nov 1, 2013
There have been further calls for an independent investigation into Ireland’s Magdalene laundries.
The issue was raised at a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNCHR) in Geneva where members were briefed by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties this week.
The Government’s refusal to commission an independent investigation into the treatment of women held in the Magdalene laundries was discussed.
Stephen O’Hare of the ICCL said afterwards that UNCHR members were “plainly aware that other UN treaty bodies, including the [UN] Committee Against Torture, have called for an independent investigation into the treatment of women held in the Magdalene laundries.
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