NORTHERN IRELAND
Amnesty International
We write as victims and survivors of institutional child abuse, which we suffered in children’s homes across Northern Ireland over many decades.
Today (June 20 2017) marks six months since the publication of the report of the Historic Institutional Abuse inquiry.
We welcomed its main findings – that the State was responsible for widespread and systemic failings, which left us as vulnerable children to suffer physical, sexual and mental abuse in supposed “care” homes.
But six months in, with no devolved government ministers in position to act on the report, its recommendations for apologies, a redress scheme and support services for victims, have gathered dust on Stormont’s shelves.
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