Instructions:

This week we will look at "Part $5($B$)$: Justice" for our Weekly Discussions.

Watch the video below, "Reconciliation Through Restorative Justice."

Read below, points #$34-42$ on Justice, use the additional pdf attached below, to help further clarify these points.

Add to the discussion below by posting a comment in response to the question below:

Discussion Question: "Part $5($B$)-$ Indigenous restorative justice is often viewed as a more holistic and community$-$centered approach to addressing harm and promoting healing. How can the principles and practices of indigenous restorative justice be integrated into the broader justice system to foster reconciliation, provide meaningful support to victims and offenders, and contribute to the overall well$-$being of Indigenous communities?"

Also provide some quality feedback$/$insights with citation to at least $2$ of your classmates comments.

Justice

#$34.$ We call upon the governments of Canada, the provinces, and territories to undertake reforms to the criminal justice system to better address the needs of offenders with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, including $...$

#$35.$ We call upon the federal government to eliminate barriers to the creation of additional Aboriginal healing lodges within the federal correctional system.

#$36.$ We call upon the federal, provincial, and territorial governments to work with Aboriginal communities to provide culturally relevant services to inmates on issues such as substance abuse, family and domestic violence, and overcoming the experience of having been sexually abused.

#$37.$ We call upon the federal government to provide more supports for Aboriginal programming in halfway houses and parole services.

#$38.$ We call upon the federal, provincial, territorial, and Aboriginal governments to commit to eliminating the overrepresentation of Aboriginal youth in custody over the next decade.

#$39.$ We call upon the federal government to develop a national plan to collect and publish data on the criminal victimization of Aboriginal people, including data related to homicide and family violence victimization.

#$40.$ We call on all levels of government, in collaboration with Aboriginal people, to create adequately funded and accessible Aboriginal$-$specific victim programs and services with appropriate evaluation mechanisms.

#$41.$ We call upon the federal government, in consultation with Aboriginal organizations, to appoint a public inquiry into the causes of$,$ and remedies for, the disproportionate victimization of Aboriginal women and girls. The inquiry's mandate would include an investigation into missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls and links to the intergenerational legacy of residential schools.

#$42.$ We call upon the federal, provincial, and territorial governments to commit to the recognition and implementation of Aboriginal justice systems in a manner consistent with the Treaty and Aboriginal rights of Aboriginal peoples, the Constitution Act, $1982,$ and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, endorsed by Canada in November $2012.$