Appendix 2: Reparations and Redress Schemes
Country Name Years of operation Context Ireland Residential Institutions Redress Board 2002–2011 Ex gratia scheme for 139 residential institutions subject to state inspection and regulation Ireland Magdalene Laundry Restorative Justice Scheme 2013 Ex gratia scheme for detention in Magdalene Laundries Ireland Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (Caranua) 2014–2020 Support services to survivors already in receipt of compensation, RIRB payment or settlement with state or church institution Ireland Ex Gratia Scheme arising from O’Keeffe v Ireland (ECHR) 2015–2019; 2021– Ex gratia scheme for those abused in open primary schools; re-opened in 2021 after independent review in 2019 United Kingdom Lambeth Children’s Homes 2018–2022 Tiered payments for abuse in residential settings United Kingdom Scottish Redress Scheme 2021– Payments for abuse in care settings United Kingdom State of Jersey Redress Scheme 2019–2020 Payments for abuse in residential children’s homes United Kingdom Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Scheme 2019–2024 Payments for abuse in residential children’s homes United Kingdom Child Migrant Scheme 2018– Government-mandated redress scheme Canada Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement 2007–2019 Litigation settlement Canada Mount Cashel 1995–2013 Litigation settlement Canada George Epoch 1992–1998 Litigation settlement Canada St John’s and St Joseph’s, Ontario 1992 Litigation settlement Canada Grandview, Ontario 1993–1994 Litigation settlement Canada Nova Scotia Institutions 1996–1999 Litigation settlement Canada Ontario School for the Deaf 1998–2000 Litigation settlement Canada Jericho Hill, British Columbia 1996–2001 Government-mandated redress scheme Canada New Brunswick Institutions 1995 Government-mandated redress scheme Canada Alberta Sterilisation 1998–1999 Litigation settlement Canada Duplessis Orphans 2001–2002 Litigation settlement Canada Sixties Scoop Settlement Agreement 2018–2019 Litigation settlement Canada Huronia Regional Centre 2013 Litigation settlement Canada Specific Claims Tribunal 1973– Compensation for expropriated land Australia Queensland Institutions 2007–2010 Government-mandated redress scheme Australia Tasmanian Institutions 2003–2013 Government-mandated redress scheme Australia South Australian Institutions 2010–2013 Government-mandated redress settlement Australia Tasmanian Stolen Generations 2007 Government-mandated redress scheme Australia Redress Western Australia 2007–2012 Government-mandated redress scheme Australia Australian National Redress 2018–2028 Government-mandated redress scheme Australia South Australian Stolen Generation 2015–2016 Government-mandated redress scheme Australia NSW Stolen Generation 2017–2022 Government-mandated redress scheme Australia Child Migrants UK 1999–2002 Government-mandated redress scheme Australia Child Migrants Aus 2002–2005 Government-mandated redress scheme Australia Child Migrants UK 2010 Government-mandated redress scheme Australia Forgotten Australians (Find and Connect) 2011-present Government-mandated redress scheme Australia Federal Stolen Generation 2021 Government-mandated redress scheme United States Indian Claims Commission 1946–1978 Compensation for expropriated land United States Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) 1971 Litigation settlement United States Chicago Reparations Ordinance 2015 Government-mandated redress scheme United States Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act 1990 Return of Native grave remains and cultural property
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