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Ghana has created a groundbreaking five-year action plan to turn centuries of reparations advocacy into real implementation. The West African nation is positioning itself to lead continental efforts for restorative justice as its president prepares to champion reparations across the African Union.
Catholic leaders in Angola are urging the country toward healing after violent clashes in August left communities wounded and fearful. Their message focuses on restorative justice and acknowledges real progress despite setbacks.
A Pittsburgh school that saw 130 fights in one year dropped that number to just 10 by borrowing a community-building idea from Hogwarts. The house system, combined with restorative practices, turned around a school once known for violence.
Ghana just passed a groundbreaking law that lets judges send people who commit minor offenses to community service instead of jail. The move could ease prison overcrowding by 37% while saving taxpayers nearly $3.5 million a year.
A new exhibition at the Smithsonian shows tiny modular rooms designed with formerly incarcerated people to help them rebuild lives with dignity. The Mobile Refuge Room offers something most halfway houses don't: privacy, control, and the ability to close your own door.
A month after the Netherlands apologized to the Moluccan community for decades of mistreatment, 100 former police officers are asking for recognition too. They say they were ordered to enforce harsh policies that hurt everyone involved.
Three American educators traveled to Rwanda to learn how a country recovering from genocide helps perpetrators and survivors rebuild trust. Their mission: bring these healing practices to help formerly incarcerated people return home.
Three American advocates traveled to Rwanda to learn how a nation recovering from genocide helps former perpetrators and victims rebuild trust. Their goal: bring these reconciliation methods home to help formerly incarcerated people reintegrate into communities.
When Patrick Forseth learned his 9-year-old son pranked a classmate, he skipped the forced apology. Instead, he asked Lincoln to decide how to make things right.
In New Zealand, thousands of offenders are transforming their lives through community work sentences, tending gardens and helping neighbors instead of serving jail time. The program has been quietly changing lives for over two decades.
Three decades after losing 800,000 people in 100 days, Rwanda has transformed into one of Africa's most admired nations through intentional leadership and national unity. The country's annual Kwibuka remembrance season shows how confronting tragedy head-on can build a stronger future.
In a groundbreaking ruling, an Australian court ordered a logging company to pay $450,000 directly to an Aboriginal corporation for cultural harm instead of government fines. The decision could transform how Indigenous communities across the country receive justice when their sacred sites are damaged.
