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Not Merely a Shameful Past: The Case for State Responsibility in the Magdalene Laundries
“In April 2017, the Human Rights Committee had reiterated its concerns about the Irish performance regarding the accountability for Church-related institutional abuses, and had recommended that Ireland conducted an independent and thorough investigation and prosecuted and punished the perpetrators of abuse and ill-treatment at the Magdalene Laundries.” Committee against Torture considers report of Ireland, 28 July 2017 Victims of Magdalene Laundries have...