Thirty seven new case reports have been published by the Child Care Law Reporting Project detailing the neglect, physical and sexual abuse of children.
The project has been giving an overview of the cases seen in the child protection courts.
The report includes details of a young girl who was taken into care because there was no heating or food at home, she ate baby formula from a tin because there was nothing else, and she was living in filthy conditions with rats in the house.
Another young girl was taken into care because of repeated beatings by her mother.
However, Director of the project, Dr Carol Coulter, says some of the reports reveal good outcomes for young people in care and their parents:
