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Asia
In Asia, interest in restorative justice has been particularly focused on juvenile justice, on regularizing indigenous practices, and on peacemaking and reconciliation in divided societies.
Juvenile Justice
Restorative practices, especially conferencing, are being used to divert juvenile offenders from court processes.
Traditional Practices
As elsewhere, some traditional practices have significant similarities with restorative justice. This has led to attempts to regularize these practices in the overall context of the criminal justice system.
Peacemaking
Some Asian countries are deeply divided, peacemaking practices – both those introduced as a part of the restorative justice movement and indigenous practices are being proposed as a road to healing.
All documents
These documents discuss restorative justice in Asia. They appear in the order in which they were added to the site with the most recent appearing first.
Articles from RJ Online
These short articles featuring developments within the Asian region first appeared in the montly edition of Restorative Justice Online.
Documents by country
There documents discuss restorative justice developments in these countries of Asia:
Hong Kong | Indonesia | Japan | Malaysia | Philippines | Singapore | Taiwan | Thailand
Restorative practices, especially conferencing, are being used to divert juvenile offenders from court processes.
Traditional Practices
As elsewhere, some traditional practices have significant similarities with restorative justice. This has led to attempts to regularize these practices in the overall context of the criminal justice system.
Peacemaking
Some Asian countries are deeply divided, peacemaking practices – both those introduced as a part of the restorative justice movement and indigenous practices are being proposed as a road to healing.
All documents
These documents discuss restorative justice in Asia. They appear in the order in which they were added to the site with the most recent appearing first.
Articles from RJ Online
These short articles featuring developments within the Asian region first appeared in the montly edition of Restorative Justice Online.
Documents by country
There documents discuss restorative justice developments in these countries of Asia:
Hong Kong | Indonesia | Japan | Malaysia | Philippines | Singapore | Taiwan | Thailand
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