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| Membership 2014 |
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| 8th International Conference of the Forum |
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The final countdown to our conference has begun. Belfast is getting ready to host more than 250 conference delegates from all accross Europe!
Find the latest and updated conference programme on our website. Please note that there are changes in the programme also relating to the field trips (Thursday) and the social event (Saturday)!
There is also good news for those that won't be able to attend the Belfast Conference. The EFRJ will be using social media platforms during the conference. Everybody can actively engage in the ongoing discussions and nobody will miss the highlights of the conference! If you haven't done yet, you can already "Like" ourFacebook page and save the conference hashtag#EFRJ2014 for following the Twitter discussions.
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| News on the past EFRJ events |
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In the past five months the EFRJ has organised several trainings, workshops, and expert seminars in different European countries (Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Poland, Spain, and The Netherlands). Each of these events formed part of the research activities carried out in three different projects of the EFRJ: Accessibility and Initiation of RJ","Desistance and RJ", and "Developing Judicial Training for RJ". If you want more information on any of these events, you can find a brief report on the News section of the website!
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| Register for workshop "Relationship Therapy and RJ in cases of sexual violence" (Freiburg) |
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There are only a FEW PLACES left for the workshop on the relationship between therapy and RJ in cases of sexual violence. The workshop will take place on 25-26 September 2014 at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law (Freiburg, Germany) and forms part of a DAPHNE project on the potential of restorative justice in cases of sexual violence. The EFRJ is partner in this project. Find all the information forregistration here.
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| Report on expert seminar on the implementation of the EU’s Directive on Victims (Barcelona) |
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On May 13, the Criminal Justice Platform Europe (the coalition of the EFRJ, CEP, and EuroPris) held a seminar on "International Perspectives on the implementation of the EU’s Directive on Victims". This event took place in Barcelona. Among the speakers was dr. Katrien Lauwaert, research-coordinator at the EFRJ of the project "Desistance and RJ". Katrien presented a paper on the practical application of the Victim's Directive from a restorative justice perspective. A more detailed reporting on this seminar can be found on our website. The videos of the seminar are available online.
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| New project on victim-oriented reform of the criminal justice system |
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The European Directive 2012/29/EU promises victim-oriented reforms in the criminal justice processes across all European Member States by 16 November 2016. The IVOR project(Implementing Victim-Oriented Reform of the criminal justice system in the European Union), promoted by APAV and co-financed by the Criminal Justice Programme of the EU, aims at strengthening academic research into the experience of victims of crime, identifying victim assistance models across Member States, indicating the context influencing victim assistance and proposing recommendations for policy makers and practitioners to implement the EU Directive.
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| World Congress of Mediation (Genoa) |
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The X World Congress of Mediation will take place in Genoa (Italy) from September 22 to 27, 2014. During this annual meeting of mediators, professionals from different nationalities will engage in workshops and study days to exchange experiences, grow in their professional field and move towards a culture of peace and community participation. More information on the congress can be found here (only in Italian and Spanish).
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| Upcoming conference on Ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding (New York) |
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The International Center for Ethno-Religious Mediation (ICERM) is pleased to announce its 1st annual international conference on Ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding.
The conference will take place in New York on October 1, 2014. For further information please click here.
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| Project in Focus: "Village Courts" in Bangladesh |
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In Bangladesh, RJ is an emerging field thanks to the activation of the so-called "Village Courts". This type of courts rely on community participation and focus on a common agreement reached by the conflicting parties. The programme "Activating Village Courts in Bangladesh (AVCB, 2009-2014)", implemented by Local Government Ministry of Bangladesh and funded by the UNDP and the European Commission, supports local community capacities and pertinent institutions in order to activate Village Courts and decrease the pressure of the many pending cases within the traditional criminal justice system. For further information, please contact Sarder Asaduzzaman, a Bangladeshi social justice and RJ practitioner and researcher and the Project Manager of "Activating Village Courts".
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| Moments of inspiration |
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Daily restorative circles - In this TED talk, Katy Hutchison tells how her life experience brought her in contact with restorative justice practices. She suggests that social change should start from the education system: "I encourage you, put the desks aside, bring the chairs into a circle, sit together, have a time-in" either at school or in the office or wherever you will be starting your day.
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Become a Lake - This Hindu parable gives a suggestion for handling pain. In order to deal with suffering situations, everything should be put into perspective and see the larger picture surrounding it. The amount of pain remains the same, but the the context should help to dissolve it.
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