UN torture committee rules against Magdalene survivor 

Elizabeth Coppin argued that the Irish State was refusing to investigate her claims of torture and ill-treatment between 1964 and 1968.

The UN Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) has ruled against a Magdalene survivor who claimed the Irish State has refused to investigate her allegations of torture and ill treatment suffered in three Magdalene Laundries.

Elizabeth Coppin took her individual case to UNCAT in July 2018. She argued that the Irish State was refusing to investigate her claims of torture and ill-treatment that she suffered in three Magdalene Laundries between 1964 and 1968.