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TOPICS
Personal and National Forgiveness
What ideas and traditions have formed around the concept of forgiveness?
What needs forgiving?
Who needs to forgive?
What models are are there for forgiveness and reparations?
When to forgive and how.
What results and effects can be anticipated?

LINKS
Heartland Forgiveness Scale
"Dispositional forgiveness of self, others and situations."
http://www.heartlandforgiveness.com/heartland-forgiveness-scale-scores/interpreting-heartland-forgiveness-scale-scores/
Institute for the Healing of Memories
"The Institute for the Healing of Memories seeks to contribute to the healing journey of individuals, communities and nations."
http://www.healing-memories.org/
The Forgiveness Project
"By collecting and sharing people's stories, and delivering outreach programmes, The Forgiveness Project encourages and empowers people to explore the nature of forgiveness and alternatives to revenge."
http://theforgivenessproject.com/
Father Michael Lapsley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhjypUcbYsY
Reparations (Transitional Justice)
"In transitional justice, reparations are measures taken by the state to redress gross and systematic violations of human rights law or humanitarian law through the administration of some form of compensation or restitution to the victims. Of all the mechanisms of transitional justice, reparations are unique because they directly address the situation of the victims. Reparations, if well designed, acknowledge victims’ suffering, offer measures of redress, as well as some form of compensation for the violations suffered. Reparations can be symbolic as well as material. They can be in the form of public acknowledgement of or apology for past violations, indicating state and social commitment to respond to former abuses. It is widely acknowledged that in order to be effective, reparations must be employed along side other transitional justice measures such as prosecutions, truth-seeking, and institutional reform. Such mechanisms ensure that compensatory measures are not empty promises, temporary stopgap measures, or attempts to buy the silence of victims."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reparations_%28transitional_justice%29