Final report from the International Conference on Restorative Justice and Victim-Offender Mediation
Oct 04, 2010
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Country:Spain
from the final report translated by Virginia Domingo:
The First International Conference on Restorative Justice and Victim-offender mediation was held in Burgos in March 2010, organized by the Victim-offender Mediation Service in Castilla y León (Burgos) with the collaboration of the University of Burgos, the city hall and the European forum for Restorative Justice. This was the first international conference organized in Spain on this subject. It was very successful and 250 persons from different parts of Spain and other countries such as Portugal and Mexico attended the Conference.
The goals of this Conference were to:
- Explain the benefits of Restorative Justice and victim-offender mediation to all the citizens and let the citizens know that the Victim-offender mediation service in Castilla y León exists so that they can decide whether they want to solve their problem through the Service or through the traditional system of justice.
- Draw the attention of government to support these restorative services, as European governments do. Because at the end the cost is much lower with the great saving of time and money involving restorative processes such as mediation
- Draw attention to the legislature so as to regulate Restorative Justice and victim-offender mediation and establish a set of recommendations and conclusions once the Congress, is finished which may provide guidance and direction to the legislature in order to regulate this subjects in the best way
