Events

You will find details here about the events that are the most important for us: the conferences, summer schools, trainings we organise, the Restorative Justice Week & many more. The upcoming events are here at the top, for anything from the past check below!

10th EFRJ Summer School 2025

Join the 10th edition of our Summer School "Restorative Justice Responses to Harm in Institutions" in San Sebastián/Donostia (Basque Country Spain) between 16-20 June 2025! The event will explore the topic of organisational / institutional harm and the potential of restorative justice in responding to it. With trainers Tim Chapman and Raul Calvo in English & Spanish language.

10ª Escuela de Verano 2025

¡Únase a la 10.ª edición de nuestra Escuela de Verano «Respuestas de Justicia Restaurativa al Daño en las Instituciones» en San Sebastián/Donostia (País Vasco, España) entre el 16 y el 20 de junio de 2025! El evento explorará el tema del daño organizativo/institucional y el potencial de la justicia restaurativa para responder a él. Con los formadores Tim Chapman y Raúl Calvo en inglés y español.

CJPE SUMMER COURSE 2025

The 7th International Criminal Justice Summer Course will take place from the 1st to the 4th of July 2025 at the Centre for Legal Studies and Specialised Training (CEJFE) in Barcelona, Spain. Organised by the Criminal Justice Platform Europe (CJPE) in collaboration with CEJFE, the course brings together professionals from across Europe working in prisons, probation services, and restorative justice.
The theme of this edition is “How to Promote Change: Strengthening the Professional Role within Restorative Justice, Probation Services, and Prisons”.

Measuring What Matters in Ways that Matter

Join the upcoming five-part online course on restorative evaluation with Dr Terence Bevington. The online lessons will take place every two weeks, to give you the time to reflect, apply what you are learning in your own context, and return with fresh insights and questions to deepen the shared learning.

"The dance" - Leanda Xavian's photo on Flickr.com

REstART 2025

REstART is a festival on the arts of justice and repair. In 2025, REstART celebrates the first 25 years of the European Forum for Restorative Justice. Join us in Leuven on 6-9 December 2025! Tickets will be sold starting from September.

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13th EFRJ Conference - Poznań 2026

Save the date! We are excited to announce that the 13th International Conference of the European Forum for Restorative Justice will take place between 11–13 June 2026 in Poznań, Poland, hosted by the Faculty of Psychology and Law at SWPS University, and organised in collaboration with the university and the European Mediation Institute.

Webinars

Learn about restorative justice and its special areas through our online events.

Training

We offer each year a number of online and in-the-room courses; and on request: tailor made training events in various fields restorative justice and related subjects.

Events Related to Projects

Events that are organised in the framework of projects we are engaged in.

Conferences

We aim to offer platform to explore and discuss the most recent challenges and developments related to restorative justice through our conferences organised every second year (in May or June, in even years only, for about 350-380 participants).

Seminars

Every two years (odd years only), between May or June, the EFRJ organises an international thematic seminar, limited to 120-130 participants, hosted by its members in a different location in Europe.

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Restorative Justice Week - Previous Years' Celebrations and Campaigns

"Protect and Empower the Person Harmed"- Take part in the #RJWeek 2021! Check what is happening throughout the week full of events all around the world celebrating the power of restorative justice! Do you plan to do your event? Submit it to us, so we can disseminate it!

REstART Festival

To celebrate our 20th anniversary, at the end of the year 2020 (30 November - 5 December), the European Forum for Restorative Justice organised an online festival bringing together arts, research and practice with the aim of offering a forum to discuss justice, solidarity and repair in today’s societies.

Summer Schools

Our summer schools concentrate on various areas of restorative justice every second year.

Criminal Justice Platform Europe (CJPE) Events

Since its establishment in 2012, the Criminal Justice Platform Europe (EuroPris, CEP and EFRJ) organised thematic seminars and summer courses bringing together professionals from these different fields, i.e. prison, probation and restorative justice.

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