News

The EFRJ Board and Secretariat, in close collaboration with the local organising team from Sassari University, and after consulting the representative of the Justice Programme of the European Commission, have decided to postpone the 11th international EFRJ conference to the end of June 2021. We wish to honour the work done until now by the Team delle Pratiche di Giustizia Ristorativa in Sassari University and give you all the opportunity to join this event next year. 

In these extraordinary times, when we are all asked to isolate ourselves, and when many of our members and partners have to face unprecedented situations, we want to express our solidarity and strengthen the community we belong to. That is why we are launching the #SolidarityOverDistance campaign today.

We are excited to share interviews with two extraordinary women on this International Women's Day: Dr Marie Keenan and  Ailbhe Griffith. They both advocate  for making restorative justice available and accessible for survivors of sexual harm.

The members of the recently established European Forum for Restorative Justice (EFRJ) Research Committee (RECOM),  is mapping research gaps and needs on restorative justice and calls for your contribution.

"It is time to be less inward looking and more engaged in supporting people to establish and maintain just relations with each other" - claims Tim Chapman, the Chair of our Board in our discussion about the prospects of 20th anniversary year of the European Forum for Restorative Justice. With his words we launch a new space on our website: The Restorative Blog.

The Criminal Justice Platform Europe (CJPE) organises its 4th International Criminal Justice Summer Course in Barcelona (7-10 July 2020). The theme chosen for this edition of the Summer Course is “Responses to sexual violence”. Registrations are now open!

At the next Annual General Meeting of the EFRJ membership (Sassari, 24 June) two new Board members will be elected. If you are interested in this position, or you wish to propose a god colleague, contact the Selection Committee before 10 March!

We are excited to open registrations for our upcoming conference. Come and take part in this unique event! 

As a member you are invited to submit your personal proposal for the 2020 Award, which will be handed over at the forthcoming conference in Sassari...

The new site conveys more genuinely our image of the vibrant and colourful field of restorative justice across Europe and beyond. It also gives... 

On 6 November, our policy officer, Laura Hein attended the High Level Experts’ meeting: What future for victims’ right? organised by the European Commission and the Finnish Presidency. 

The EFRJ proposed a new paragraph to be included in the General Comment concerning the right of every child involved in child justice to have access to restorative justice.