Activities

Conferences - Verona

Building restorative justice in Europe. Cooperation between the public, policy makers, practitioners and researchers, Verona (Italy), 17-19 April 2008

Introduction

Sessions dealing with "The development of restorative justice in Southern Europe"

  1. Plenary session: The development of restorative justice in Southern Europe, Clara Casado Coronas (European Forum for Restorative Justice)
  2. Victims and mediation - Victims' participation in restorative justice practices , Federico Marques and Rosa Saavreda (Portugal)
  3. Knowledge management in the justice department of Catalonia's public administration, Pilar Fuertes (Spain)
  4. Developing evaluation protocols for the Mediation-Reparation programme in Catalonia (Spain), Mariona Gimenez Garcia and Mercé Llenas Herbera (Spain)
  5. Cooperation between policymakers and practitioners in providing VOM in Basque country - the experience of the first 50 cases, Xabier Etxebarria and Alberto Olalde (Spain)
  6. International cooperation and its impact on RJ policy in Italy , Elisabetta Ciuffo and Isabella Mastropasqua (Italy)
  7. The Catalan White Book on Mediation and Conflict Resolution: State of the Art (involving policy makers), Pompeu Casanovas and Jaume Martín (Spain)
  8. Policy decisions in Greece: introducing mediation as a court order, Panagiota Papadopoulou (Greece)
  9. Implementing legislative choices in Greece: the case of domestic violence, Sophia Giovanoglou (Greece)
  10. 'Knots of an Italian inattention' (conceptual obstacles), Anna Sironi and Maurizio Vico (Italy)
  11. Implementing VOM in a Multi-Ethnic context. Overcoming cultural barriers through RJ. A Southern European perspective, Mark Montebello (Malta)
  12. "Parallel mediations": why organised crime tends to 'mediate' conflicts and to reject institutional victim-offender mediation, Grazia Manozzi (Italy)

Sessions dealing with "The potential role of the European Union in the further development of restorative justice"

  1. Plenary session: The needs of the European restorative justice scene, Jolien Willemsens (European Forum for Restorative Justice)
  2. New Council of Europe guidelines for the implementation of RJ and cooperation with the EU , Humbert de Biolley (Council of Europe) and Christoph Sajonz (European Commission)
  3. National and international legislation on RJ , David Miers (UK) and Jolien Willemsens (Belgium)
  4. Restorative justice, the crime-victim paradigm and the CoE guidelines for a better implementation of the Recommendation 'Mediation in Penal Matters' , Anna Wergens (Sweden)

Sessions dealing with "Cooperation between researchers and practitioners and the impact of research on policy makers"

  1. Plenary session: Research informing practice and practice informing research, Christa Pelikan (Austria)
  2. Building restorative justice through a case based and reflective dialogue between researchers and practitioners, Erik Claes and Bram van Drooghenbroek (Belgium)
  3. Action-research in the field of restorative justice: an opportunity or a risk?, Inge Vanfraechem, Ivo Aertsen and Leo Van Garsse (Belgium)
  4. Research and policy making in Western-Australia - Hijacking of Community-based RJ projects by the bureaucracy, Brian Steels and Dot Goulding (Australia)
  5. Evolution needs 'evaluation', Veronique Dandonneau (France)
  6. Research and Policy: Competing or reconcilable agendas for restorative practice?, Simon Green (UK)
  7. Researching attitudes towards restorative justice and VOM: Comparing qualitative and quantitative approaches, Galma Jahic and Seda Kalem (Turkey)
  8. Research and practice, Beate Czarnecka-Dzialuk (Poland)
  9. Monitoring and evaluation - practice and research working together: a national model, Murray Davies (UK)
  10. Restorative justice as diversion from prosecution: evidence informing practice, Steve Kirkwood (UK)
  11. Building RJ: a journey through practice, organising, training and writing, Marian Liebmann (UK)
  12. Teaching restorative justice in universities and beyond, Dobrinka Chankova (Bulgaria)

Sessions dealing with "Involvement of policy makers and politicians. Developing regular cooperation between policy makers and service providers"

  1. Plenary session: Involving policy makers (in commemoration of Janina Waluk), Roman Koval (Ukraine)
  2. Collaboration practitioners-policy makers: Possibilities to be explored - limits to be taken into account, Leo Van Garsse, Hans Dominicus and Vicky De Souter (Belgium)
  3. Experiences of cooperation in a nationwide mediation service - the example of Norway, Terje Eimot and Kjersti Lilloe-Olsen (Norway)
  4. Conferencing with young offenders in Norway: cooperation between policymakers and practitioners, Ketil Leth Olsen (Norway)
  5. Cooperation between policymakers, researchers and practitioners in the Centre of Youth Justice, Northern Ireland, Alice Chapman, Tim Chapman and William Mitchell (UK)
  6. Slow motion: Actual developments of restorative justice projects for juveniles in the Netherlands, Annemieke Wolthuis en Eric Wiersma (the Netherlands)
  7. Rehabilitation and restorative justice: Building Community Connection through the SPR:OCKET Research, Anne Killet, Fiona Poland, Gwyneth Boswell, Simon Woodbridge and John Cross (UK)
  8. Internal and external communication of VOM in Hungary, Edit Törzs and Borbala Fellegi (Hungary)
  9. Building a domestic and international partnership for implementing RJ, Karen Paus (Norway), Rasim Gjoka (Albania) and Merita Bala (Albania)
  10. The work of the National Commission on Restorative Justice: Promoting cooperation amongst society, Judge Mary Martin and Martin Haverty (Ireland)
  11. Building safer communities: cooperation between policymakers, the police and the community, Liz Frondigoun, Jan Nicholson and Annette Robertson (UK)
  12. Youth Justice Convenors - delivering a community based process within the framework of a legislated RJ scheme, Michaela Wengert (Australia)
  13. Relationship building between community panel members and young people in the referral order, Jo O'Mahoney (UK)
  14. The participation of the community representative in mediation involving youth perpetrators, Juan Carlos Vezzula (Portugal)
  15. Community mediation as a form of conflict resolution between a group of juveniles and the community, Mila Volf and Ahmed Magouz (the Netherlands)
  16. Community RJ in practice. A community partnership approach using volunteers, Carolle Gleeson and Alice Brisbane (Ireland)
  17. Beyond the offender. Cooperation for establishing a training for victims of crime, Katrien Smeets and Leen Muylkens (Belgium)
  18. Cooperation between agencies to facilitate VOM - the Swedish experience, Eleonore Lind (Sweden)
  19. Implementing VOM in Finland - cooperation between policy makers and practitioners, Aarne Kinnunen (Finland)

Sessions dealing with "Addressing the public "

  1. Plenary session: Addressing the public, Sir Charles Pollard (UK)
  2. Burning Bridges: Engaging communities and raising public awareness about restorative practices, John Bailie (USA) and Vidia Negrea (Hungary)
  3. Communication for social change: the education-entertainment strategy in theory and practice, Anneke van Hoek and Martine Bouman (the Netherlands)
  4. Raising public awareness by training multicultural agents, Ilaria de Vanna (Italy)
  5. A new plan of the Czech Probation and Mediation Service (PMS) to improve and strengthen the delivery of RJ programmes, Ondrej Stantejski, Jitka Hruskova and Marketa Krillova Praskova (Czech Republic)
  6. Are media a proper answer to the problem of non-participating actor (the community) in mediation/RJ?, Martin De Loose and Bart Claes (Belgium)
  7. Mediation and the press - Friends or enemies?, Kristel Buntinx (Belgium)
  8. The beginning of a wonderful friendship? Sports and RJ-Public Relations, Gerd Delattre (Germany)
  9. 'Selling' restorative justice to the media - How far can we go?, Gro Jorgensen (Norway)
  10. Media Support to the Development of Restorative Justice in Albania, Rasim Gjoka (Albania)
  11. Public support for RJ: Creating a restorative society by starting young restorative practices in schools, Belinda Hopkins (UK) and Bruno Caldeira (Portugal)
  12. How can a school using the peer mediation system, in cooperation with a local VOM-office and police, increase the understanding of restorative practices, Maija Gellin (Finland)

Sessions dealing with "Restorative justice concepts and theory. Restorative justice in the international arena"

  1. The conceptual roots of restorative justice in Italian legal tradition, Francesca Zanuso (Italy)
  2. Accepted or acceptable justice? The problem of rational control in restorative justice practices, Federico Reggio (Italy)
  3. How far can and should restorative justice distance itself from criminal justice?, Martin Wright (UK)
  4. Conceptual clarity and its impact on RJ policies, Ian McDonough (UK)
  5. Problems of conceptualization: RJ and peace-making, Rob Mackay (UK)
  6. Mediation in penal matters: Strengthening the public aspect, Bas van Stokkom (the Netherlands)
  7. Private versus public features of restorative justice: the cases of terrorism and intimate partner violence, Antony Pemberton (the Netherlands)
  8. Restorative justice for victims of terrorism - Policy implications, Ines Staiger (European Forum for Restorative Justice)
  9. The politics of restorative justice in juvenile justice reform: a comparative analysis of two transitional states, Kerry Leigh Clamp (UK)
  10. Mobilising human rights to promote restorative justice, Ann-Claire Larsen (Australia)
  11. Teaching restorative justice in universities and beyond, Dobrinka Chankova (Bulgaria)

Closing plenary: "Building restorative justice in Europe: What have we learned", Bill Whyte (UK)