The Relatives For Justice (RFJ) are a support group formed in the mid-1990s in
Dungannon
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,
Northern Ireland
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. The group are involved with providing support and working with relatives of people bereaved, injured or affected by conflict related violence during
The Troubles
The Troubles () were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict, it began in the late 1960s and is usually deemed t ...
.
The group have offices on the
Glen Road
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in west Belfast and in Dungannnon, County Tyrone and operate satellite sessions from community centres across Northern Ireland.
Role
RFJ help families who are coping with bereavement and injury through conflict related violence and the following trauma. The help provide includes assistance via their therapeutic programme including counselling and complementary therapies, classes, casework support, family support programmes, and drop-in services. Advocacy includes interfacing with investigations and mechanisms established to investigate conflict related harms. RFJ also provide support to individuals accessing reparatory schemes such as those provided by the Victims and Survivors Service.
In 2014–2015 RFJ worked with over 2,700 individuals.
See also
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Emma Groves
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United Campaign Against Plastic Bullets
References
External links
Official site
The Troubles (Northern Ireland)
Political organisations based in Northern Ireland
Human rights organisations based in the United Kingdom
Human rights activists from Northern Ireland
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