Website of the Month: European Forum for Restorative Justice
The European Forum for Restorative Justice is an umbrella organization working to promote and develop restorative justice practices throughout Europe. The website, one major tool in this work, provides information on the activities by the Forum, research being conducted throughout Europe, and programmes in various countries. The current website was redesigned in 2007 and offers expanded resources.
http://www.euforumrj.org/index.html
About the
Forum provides a historical overview of the forum, its objectives
and restorative justice as an international movement. It consists of
three parts:
Activities
describes the various events and projects undertaken by the
Forum.
Training
offers information about the pool of trainers
and services offered to legal
professionals.
Projects
is a listing of different projects managed by the Forum. These
include:
- Developing standards for assistance to victims of terrorism
- AGIS 3: Restorative justice: an agenda for Europe
- AGIS 2: Meeting the challenges of introducing victim-offender mediation in Central and Eastern Europe
- AGIS 1: Working towards the creation of European training models for practitioners and legal practitioners in relation to restorative justice practices"
- COST Action A21: Restorative justice developments in Europe
Publications
provides a listing of the books published by the Forum, links to
conference reports and annual reports going back to 2001.
News lists
upcoming events,
relates short news
items and provides links to the Forum’s newsletter.
Country
Information provides a listing of countries where restorative
justice activity is happening. Each country name is linked to more
information.
Reading Room is
a searchable database of restorative justice publications.
Links is a listing
of web resources categorised by
- non-governmental organisations
- national and regional organisations
- international/supranational organizations
- training/education and outreach centres.
July 2008
