ABSTRACT
This article presents findings of an empirical study of community perspectives on redressing human rights violations experienced by people with dementia in long term care institutions (LTC institutions). Research participants – including people with dementia – expressed strong preference for a redress approach providing recognition and validation of individuals’ experiences of harm, affirming humanity of people with dementia, delivering accountability, and facilitating systems change. This can be understood as a ‘reparative approach to redress’ aligning with a human rights approach to redressing gross human rights violations; distinct from redress through domestic civil justice systems, which focuses on monetary payments and is often characterised as taking a corrective approach. This article contributes empirical insights to emerging human rights scholarship on disability and reparations and introduces a methodological approach to constructing conceptions and practices of redress centering experiences and perspectives of disabled people and those who advocate for them.
Linda Steele and Kate Swaffer, ‘The Compensation is Changing the Future’:A Reparative Approach to Redressing Human Rights Violations Experienced by People Living with Dementia in Long Term Care (2024) 5 University of Oxford Human Rights Hub Journal 1.
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