About the Forum

Structure

Current Board (2008-2009)

Executive committee

Chair


Niall Kearney

Head of Applicant Support
Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
Tay House
300 Bath Street
Glasgow G2 4LN
United Kingdom

Tel. +44 141 331 54 89
E-mail: niall.kearney@cica.gsi.gov.uk

Vice-chair


Inge Vanfraechem

Researcher at the National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology (NICC)
Simon Bolivarlaan 30, 11th floor
1000 Brussels
Belgium

Tel. +32 2 208 40 51
Fax +32 2 208 40 52
E-mail: inge.vanfraechem@just.fgov.be

Treasurer


Eleonore Lind
Mediator and trainer in Mediation and Restorative Justice
Forshalla Hede 361
45191 Uddevalla
Sweden

Tel. +46 70 99 47 435
E-mail: eleonore.lind@telia.com

Secretary


Michael Kilchling

Researcher at the Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Strafrecht - Freiburg
Günterstalstraße 73
79100 Freiburg
Germany

Tel. +49 761 708 12 30
Fax +49 761 708 12 94
E-mail: m.kilchling@mpicc.de

Other Board members

Siri Kemény
Senior adviser at the National Mediation Service
P.O. BOX 8028 Dep.
0030 Oslo
Norway

Tel. +47 22 032 518
Fax +47 22 032 511
E-mail: siri.kemeny@konfliktraadet.no


Vira Zemlyanska

Restorative Justice Project Coordinator at the Ukrainian Centre for Common Ground
Pecherskiy Uzviz 8, apt. 7
Kyiv 01133
Ukraine

Tel. +38 0503 11 83 46
E-mail: v_zemlyanska@yahoo.com


Marta Ferrer
Centre for Legal Studies and Specialised Training
c. Ausias March, 40
08013 Barcelona
Spain

Tel. +34 93 207 3114
Fax +34 93 567 0972
E-mail: mferrerp@gencat.net

 


Aarne Kinnunen
Ministry of Justice
Department of Criminal Policy
PB 25
FIN-00023 Government
Finland

Tel. +358-9-16068109
E-mail: aarne.kinnunen@om.fi

 

Previous Boards

2006-2008

Executive committee

Chair: Siri Kemény, Senior adviser at the National Mediation Service
Vice-chair: Inge Vanfraechem, Researcher at the National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology (NICC)
Treasurer: João Lázaro, Secretary General at the Associacao Portuguesa de Apoioa a Vitima - APAV
Secretary: Researcher at the Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Strafrecht - Freiburg

Other Board members

Frauke Petzold, Mediator
Jaume Martin, Adviser at the Secretaria de Serveis Penitenciaris, Rehabilitacio i Justicia Juvenil
Vira Zemlyanska, Restorative Justice Project Associate at the Ukrainian Centre for Common Ground
Niall Kearney, Development officer SACRO
Marko Bosnjak, Researcher at the Institute of Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana

2004-2006

Executive committee

Chair: Siri Kemény, Senior adviser at the National Mediation Service
Vice-chair: Ivo Aertsen, Professor at the Catholic University of Leuven
Treasurer: João Lázaro, Secretary General at the Associacao Portuguesa de Apoioa a Vitima - APAV
Secretary: Martin Wright, Consultant on restorative justice

Other Board members

Frauke Petzold, Mediator
Jaume Martin, Adviser at the Secretaria de Serveis Penitenciaris, Rehabilitacio i Justicia Juvenil
Vira Zemlyanska, Restorative Justice Project Associate at the Ukrainian Centre for Common Ground
Vidia Negrea, Director of the Community Service Foundation of Hungary

2002-2004

Executive committee

Chair: Ivo Aertsen, Professor at the Catholic University of Leuven
Vice-chair: Andrei Pascu, Prison social worker
Treasurer: Robert Mackay, Youth Justice Coordinator at the Education and Children's Services of Perth and Kinross Council
Secretary: Martin Wright, Consultant on restorative justice

Other Board members

Christa Pelikan, Researcher at the Institut fur Rechts-und Kriminalsoziologie
Torunn Bolstad, Adviser at the Department of Civil Affairs of the Ministry of Justice of Norway
Frauke Petzold, Mediator
Jaime Martin, Adviser at the Secretaria de Serveis Penitenciaris, Rehabilitacio i Justicia Juvenil
João Lázaro, Secretary General at the Associacao Portuguesa de Apoioa a Vitima - APAV
Margaret Carey

2000-2002

Executive committee

Chair: Ivo Aertsen, Professor at the Catholic University of Leuven
Vice-chair: Andrei Pascu, Prison social worker
Secretary: Robert Mackay, University lecturer at the Department of Social Work, University of Dundee
Treasurer: Tony Peters, Professor emeritus of the Catholic University of Leuven

Other Board members

Christa Pelikan , Researcher at the Institut für Rechts-und Kriminalsoziologie
Martin Wright, Consultant on restorative justice
Torunn Bolstad , Adviser at the Department of Civil Affairs of the Ministry of Justice of Norway
Juhani Iivari, Research manager at STAKES (National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health)
Jesús Trujillo, Director of Association GHANDI - Day Centre for Young Offenders