Conferences

Listing of upcoming events related to restorative justice.

Introduction to Victim-Offender Mediation & Restorative Justice

In response to interest from the community for training in victim-offender mediation, the RESTORE programme will be offering the training workshop series Introduction to Victim-Offender Mediation on a quarterly basis starting in October 2009. The two-part training will be open to individuals, groups, and organizations. Each workshop will consist of two sessions: Friday evening from 6:00 to 10:00pm and Saturday from 8:30 am to 4:30pm.

Expert Seminar on Conferencing.

From the General Invitation from the European Forum for Restorative Justice: Within the EU funded ‘conferencing project’, the European Forum for Restorative Justice and its partners are organising an expert meeting on the topic. The project consists of an exploratory study of conferencing practices, for both adult and young offenders and for both more and less serious crimes, as well as their further applicability within Europe.

“Breaking Down the Barriers to get Prison Numbers Down - Alternatives That Work”.

In October, Prison Fellowship New Zealand and several partner organisations will host a four-day conference exploring alternatives for lowering the prison population.

Restorative Practices Across Disciplines

Restorative Practices Across Disciplines, the 13th World Conference of the International Institute for Restorative Practices, (IIRP) will highlight the work in the city of Hull, UK, to become a "restorative city." The conference will feature speakers from across disciplines -- education, social work, criminal justice, etc -- sharing their experiences of using restorative practices.

Training Webinars from American Humane

In 2007, American Humane developed its first webinar series in recognition of the difficulties many practitioners and leaders have in attending skills based training events. The webinars cover various issue related to Family Group Decision Making and Restorative Conferencing for Youth Justice.

Institutionalizing restorative practices: Building alliances among practitioners, policy-makers and scholars

The 14th World Conference of the International Institute of Restorative Practices will take place in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in June 2011. Titled "Institutionalizing restorative practices: Building alliances among practitioners, policy-makers and scholars," the conference will feature speakers such as John Braithwaite, Donald Clairmont, and Jennifer Llewellyn.

Canadian School of Peacebuilding

The second annual Canadian School of Peacebuilding will be held from 14 June to 2 July, 2010, at the Canadian Mennonite University. Offering three five day sessions with two or three concurrent courses, theCanadian Peacbuilding Schools seeks to create a collaborative learning community for practitioners, professionals and members of faith-communities to " nurture and equip them for various forms of peace practice and exposing them to some of the most significant, emerging ideas and teachers in the field." It offers both academic credit and professional training credits.

Restorative Circle: Building Compassionate Conflict Resolution Systems

The Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution in partnership with NVC-Ottawa-Outauais will offer a four day training on the concept of restorative circles. Participants will explore the key assumptions of this model developed by Dominic Barter in Brazil.

Summer Training Institute: Exploring the Restorative Practices Continuum.

In July, the International Institute for Restorative Practices will offer a week long training institute exploring restorative justice theory, practices, and implementation in various settings.

Restorative Circle II: Building Compassionate Conflict Resolution Systems.

This two day training -- offered by the Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution in partnership with the NVC-Outaouais -- will allow participants further their understanding or the principles of the restorative circle model. This is a follow-up event to an introductory training offered in early June.

Doing Restorative Justice in Europe: Established Practices and Innovative Programmes

The sixth biennial conference of the European Forum of Restorative Justice marks the organisation's tenth anniversary. To mark the event, the conference -- Doing Restorative Justice in Europe: Established Practices and Innovative Programmes -- will explore the development of restorative justice in the region and look ahead to new possibilities.

Is violence ever justified?

The inaugural annual lecture hosted by the Forgiveness Project will feature Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The event will include a panel discussion featuring speakers who have been involved in and suffered from violence.