IRELAND
Irish Times
Kitty Holland
Caranua, the independent statutory body tasked with providing services to survivors of institutional abuse, “re-abuses” survivors by being “hostile, rude, aggressive and abusive”, the United Nations will be told on Tuesday.
Many regret applying to Caranua for services, while psychologists report having to counsel abuse survivors following their experiences with the agency, a group advocating for survivors says.
Reclaiming Self, a voluntary group of psychologists, solicitors and advocates, makes the submission to the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT), which is being published by Independents4Change TDs Catherine Connolly and Clare Daly.
Ireland appears before the Geneva-based UN CAT for questioning on compliance with the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment, at the end of the month.
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