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• Reciprocity in the obligation on the harmed to do unto others as they would have
done unto them.64
84.
An issue with restorative justice has been that sometimes the mechanisms put in
place by States are insufficient to adequately address past grievances. Though beneficial,
actions such as apologies and processes such as truth and reconciliation commissions are
only fully effective when comprehensively supported by indigenous participation.
Furthermore, in order to provide redress, the views of indigenous peoples on its appropriate
forms should be prioritized.
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Robert Andrew Joseph, “A jade door: reconciliatory justice as a way forward citing New Zealand
experience,” in Speaking My Truth: Reflections on Reconciliation and Residential Schools, vol. I,
From Truth to Reconciliation (Ottawa, Aboriginal Healing Foundation, 2008), pp. 212–213.