Английская Википедия:Godhavn inquiry
The Godhavn inquiry was an investigation into child abuse in Danish children's homes between 1945 and 1976. After a documentary was released in 2005 alleging abuse in children's homes, a group of survivors lobbied for the Danish government to investigate their experiences. The inquiry began in 2009; while it initially investigated the conditions only of the Шаблон:Ill, it ultimately probed 18 others, and heard the testimony of 99 caregivers and staff. The report, which validated claims of forcible medication and poor treatment, was released on 9 May 2011.
Background
In 2005, the documentary Drengehjemmet by Rikke Skov was released on Danish television.Шаблон:Sfnm The documentary alleged that occupants of the Godhavn Boys' Home, a children's home run by the Danish government, were subjected to cruel living conditions.Шаблон:Sfn It suggested that a psychiatrist working at the home, Ib Ostenfeld,Шаблон:Sfn had tested drugs on the children; Bjørn Elmquist, a member for parliament, said one of these drugs was LSD, which was used to stop bedwetting.Шаблон:Sfn
Following the documentary, the Landsforeningen Godhavnsdrengene (National Association of the Godhavn's Boys) was formed.Шаблон:Sfn It lobbied for an investigation into their experiences.Шаблон:Sfn
Inquiry and report
The government-funded inquiry into abuse at the Godhavn Boys' Home began in 2009, after several demands by the Godhavn boys.Шаблон:Sfn It investigated the Godhavn boys' allegations that they were subjected to neglect and medicating against their will.Шаблон:Sfn While the inquiry initially investigated only the Godhavn Boys' Home, it ultimately investigated 19 homes from 1945 to 1976.Шаблон:Sfnm It included the testimony of 85 caregivers and 14 staff members of children's homes.Шаблон:Sfn
The report was published on 9 May 2011, concurrently with an exhibition for the Danish welfare museum.Шаблон:Sfn The report validated the claims of the Godhavn boys, saying residents of Danish children's homes were subjected to abuse and experimental medication, as well as saying the government had little control over the institutions.Шаблон:Sfn In the case of Godhavn Boys' Home, some 22 percent of the residents were given medication by Ostenfeld.Шаблон:Sfn These included antipsychotics, like thioridazine and flupentixol; and habit-forming drugs, like diazepam, chlordiazepoxide, and amphetamine.Шаблон:Sfn His most commonly-used drug to treat bedwetting was the antipsychotic chlorprothixene, which was neither the standard drug of choice among child psychiatrists, nor was it supported by contemporary evidence.Шаблон:Sfn After subjecting the children to the treatment, he published his findings in medical research journals, including the Journal of the Danish Medical Association; in the 1960s, large-scale investigations into chlorprothixene for bedwetting were conducted, and general practitioners began to use it.Шаблон:Sfn His use of flupentixol preceded the first child experiment of the drug by almost a decade.Шаблон:Sfn The inquiry did not judge his actions illegal.Шаблон:Sfn
Aftermath
After the report was published, Benedikte Kiær, the Danish minister for social affairs, refused to apologise.Шаблон:Sfn She said the "government cannot apologize for something that happened so many years ago", while also acknowledging that the report was accurate, and that the conditions of the children's homes were substandard.Шаблон:Sfn In response to Kiær's refusal to apologise in either her initial statements or in a parliamentary hearing, the Godhavn boys threatened to start a lawsuit against the government.Шаблон:Sfn
In 2019, the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, met with victims of abuse in Denmark's children's homes and apologised to them.Шаблон:Sfn Despite the publication of the report, there were no subsequent prosecutions related to the care provided in children's homes.Шаблон:Sfn
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