The theme of the 2026 campaign highlights the potential of restorative justice to repair connections, rebuild, and strengthen communities.
This year's campaign explores the question: How do we rebuild communities with restorative justice? Inspired by the metaphor of fabric, we invite you to reflect on what connects us as a community and how restorative justice helps to repair the tears caused by harm and conflict.
We would like to use this webpage as a community space where different voices, thoughts and reflections are shared. We are looking for stories, experiences, reflections, challenges, and needs.
Here are examples:
- Experiences of repair, recovery, and reconnection
- Efforts to build trust, participation, and belonging
- Lessons learned from restorative practice
- Challenges, barriers, and unmet needs
- Ideas and aspirations for more restorative communities
- Initiatives that bring people together and strengthen community life
Your contribution does not need to be a testimonial or a story of success. We are equally interested in questions, dilemmas, and ongoing challenges. By sharing both what works and what is still needed, we can deepen our collective understanding of how communities can be rebuilt with restorative justice.
For sharing your story, please get in touch with our Communication Officer Andrea Handl: andrea.handl@euforumrj.org
