You might want to look up the word "decency" in the dictionary.  It was indecent to detain a child soldier for ten years.  It was indecent to torture a child soldier.  It was indecent to use a confession obtained by torture against a child soldier in a kangaroo court.  It was indecent of the Harper regime to acquiesce in these outrages.  
Apologizing and paying compensation for our failings is the only decent thing to do.