Sinn Féin Senator Paul Gavan has called on the Irish Government to ensure full compliance with outstanding judgements of the European Court of Human Rights. Speaking today to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Senator Gavan made specific reference to 'O’Keeffe v Ireland', a judgement made over six years ago regarding the failure of the Irish State to protect children from sexual abuse. Senator Gavan stated: “Ireland has had a particularly shameful history when it comes to the sexual abuse of children, and in an action from over six years ago, Ms Louise O'Keeffe won her landmark case at the European Court of Human Rights. It was found that the State failed to protect her from sexual abuse in junior school in the 1970s.