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== Restorative Justice Does Not Excuse Harm ==
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=== Purpose ===
This entry clarifies that restorative justice within Tsm’syen law does not excuse, erase, or minimize harm.
Restoration requires full recognition of harm and responsibility for its consequences.

=== General principle ===
Restorative justice does not excuse harm.
It addresses harm directly.

Harm must be named, acknowledged, and understood before restoration can occur.
Avoidance, denial, or justification of harm prevents resolution.

=== Harm and responsibility ===
Responsibility requires acknowledgment of actions and consequences.
Restoration is impossible without responsibility.

Restorative justice does not mean:
* Forgiveness without accountability
* Forgetting harm
* Avoidance of consequences
* Silence or private settlement without witnessing

Harm remains harm, even when restoration is pursued.

=== Restoration ===
Restoration seeks to repair what has been damaged.
Repair may involve:
* Apology
* Compensation
* Service
* Correction of conduct
* Other appropriate actions guided by ayaawx

Restoration responds to harm; it does not cancel it.

=== Accountability ===
Accountability is expected from individuals and their houses.
Responsibility is tied to repair, not shame.

Failure to accept responsibility prolongs imbalance.
Restoration cannot be forced where responsibility is refused.

=== Witnessing ===
Restorative processes require witnessing.
Witnesses confirm acknowledgment, responsibility, and outcome.

Witnessing protects against coerced, hidden, or incomplete resolutions.
Public memory supports accountability.

=== Cross references ===
* [[Principles of Restorative Justice]]
* [[Harm Creates Imbalance]]
* [[Responsibility and Accountability]]
* [[Restoration and Repair]]
* [[Witnessing and Public Memory]]

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