A human rights lawyer is appalled at what she says is cynical behaviour from the Ministry of Social Development when offering compensation to victims of state abuse.<\/p>\n
While survivors wait for the development of an independent redress scheme following the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in State Care, interim payments are supposed to be available for the old and the sick.<\/p>\n
Cooper Legal principal Sonja Cooper said these payments could take away survivors’ rights for further redress, judging by correspondence from the ministry.<\/p>\n
But a senior ministry manager said it was too soon to pre-empt any cabinet decision about this, and many survivors are choosing the rapid payment process for their claims.<\/p>\n
Cooper said rather than offering clearly defined interim payments to victims of state abuse from the likes of borstals and psychiatric institutions, the ministry was sending out financial offers marked “full and final”.<\/p>\n
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