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2021. szeptember 20., hétfő 11:36 |
Child abuse in Europe: Victims' groups launch initiative to come to terms with European abuse cases |
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Bern, Schweiz, 20 September, 2021 (APA/OTS) - At an international meeting in Switzerland, victims' groups from all over Europe launched the large-scale "Justice Initiative". With this political initiative, abuse of children, especially in state and church institutions, is to be comprehensively dealt with for the first time in all European countries. A motion to bring the processing of abuse cases up to a pan-European level will be submitted to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg in September. The European initiative is supported by the Swiss "Guido Fluri Foundation", which has already successfully led a campaign in Switzerland to come to terms with child abuse. |
Europe has violated the protection of children for decades: Hundreds
of thousands of children and young people became victims of
exploitation, maltreatment and sexual abuse. In particular, the most
serious abuses happened in state or church-run institutions. In
various European countries, until a few years ago, there were child
removals, forced adoptions, sterilisations and drug/vaccine
experiments on children and young people. In many cases across
Europe, the state authorities were partly responsible for the
suffering, or they failed to protect the children from the abuses
and human rights violations.
To this day, these cases of abuse have not been dealt with in most
European countries. This must now change. Victims' groups from all
over Europe, as well as academics and NGOs, have travelled to
Switzerland to launch the "Justice Initiative". This political
initiative draws collective attention to a suppressed part of
history and to the victims who are still suffering today because of
the abuse and the lack of public recognition.
More than a dozen European countries at launch - Ireland also on
board
The "Justice Initiative" is supported by victims' groups, academics
and NGOs from all parts of Europe, including survivors from Ireland.
In a joint declaration signed by the representatives from Europe,
the focus is on public recognition of the injustice, reparations and
scientific reappraisal. www.justice-initiative.eu.
"This Justice Initiative is essential to the pursuit of justice for
survivors of abuse and to challenge the prevailing narratives that
prefer to see these abuses as happening somewhere else", emphasises
Dr. Mary Lodato, survivor of institutional abuse and activist for
the victims of child abuse. The silence about abuse must finally be
broken, says Prof. Dr. Darja Zaviršek, Chair of Social Justice and
Inclusion at the University of Ljubljana. And Natascha Smertnig,
Managing Director of WEISSER RING Austria, where, as in Switzerland,
the process of coming to terms with abuse is continuing, adds: "It
is very gratifying that we are now also taking joint action at the
European level".
Motion to be submitted to the Council of Europe within 2 weeks.
"This initiative is central for Europe," says the President of the
Swiss delegation to the Council of Europe, National Councillor
Pierre-Alain Fridez. "Only by coming to terms with the past can we
build the future". For this reason, he will submit a motion in
Strasbourg in the coming days that contains the basic demands of the
initiative and should lead to a comprehensive reappraisal of this
dark chapter. The politician is convinced that the motion will find
an overwhelming majority.
Switzerland as a model for European reappraisal
"The time for reparations is rushing," explains initiator Guido
Fluri, who co-sponsors the European initiative with his reputable
foundation and has received an honorary doctorate from the
University of Lucerne for his commitment to child protection. "Most
of the victims are now old and frail. They should experience during
their lifetime how the injustice is recognised and dealt with
throughout Europe." In Switzerland, the Guido Fluri Foundation,
together with victims' groups, has made the "Reparations Initiative"
a success: more than 10,000 victims who had suffered the most severe
abuse have received reparations. Switzerland is working on the cases
of abuse scientifically and will continue to support the victims
with various projects. Based on the Swiss experience and positive
solutions in other countries, victims' groups from all over Europe
have come together to pursue this political path at the European
level as well. The "Justice Initiative" is an expression of this
endeavour. By coming to terms with the past, child protection in
Europe is to be strengthened in the long term.
More information at: www.justice-initiative.eu
Please direct media enquiries to: press@justice-initiative.eu
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