‘Investigate crimes and try those responsible’

Proper independent investigations of crimes against women and their babies together with full compensation and the trial of perpetrators is now urgent, the State has been told.

The issue of overcrowding in the country’s jails also needs to be addressed urgently according to a UN report on human rights that took the unusual step of giving the State a year to make progress.

The 18 international human rights legal experts that examined the case put forward by the State and by the 30-strong delegation from non-governmental organisations came down firmly on the side of the victims.