Human Rights+: Closing Invisible Harm — Recognizing and Repairing Harm Attribution Gaps in Human Rights Systems
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- Zenodo
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- 10.5281/zenodo.18117831
Human Rights+: Closing Invisible Harm — Recognizing and Repairing Harm Attribution Gaps in Human Rights Systems concludes the diagnostic phase of the Human Rights+ (HR+) framework by examining how recognition failures can be closed before they normalize. Building on the concepts of Invisible Harm and Harm Attribution Gap Theory, the paper proposes perceptual and procedural strategies that enable institutions to detect and repair unacknowledged suffering. Through qualitative synthesis and reflexive case observation, it introduces three closure mechanisms—Recognition Audits, Ethical Proportionality, and Contextual Listening—as practical tools for what HR+ defines as Perceptual Justice. The goal is to evolve human-rights work from static protection to adaptive recognition, bridging moral philosophy and institutional reform. Extending the insights of Series I (Recognition Failure, Invisible Harm, and the Limits of Rights) and Series II (Harm Attribution Gap Theory), this study outlines operational pathways for perceptual reform and sets the stage for applied research on Institutional Harm and governance design.