Brasil

Provides a listing of articles on restorative justice developments in Brasil. Articles appear in the order in which they were added to the site with the most recent appearing first.

Vazulla, Juan Carlos. The participation of the community representative in mediation involving youth perpetrators

In Brazil, the juvenile justice system includes victim-offender mediation. Now they have added a third mediator into those meetings: one that represents the community that was transgressed against.

Curi Yazbek, Vania and Ednir, Madza and Rezende Melo, Eduardo . Justiça Restaurativa e Comunitária em São Caetano do Sul. Aprendendo com os conflitos a respeitar direitos e promover cidadania.

Essa tecnologia baseia-se na colaboração entre os sistemas Judiciário e Educacional, com articulação/ enredamento de todas as organizações da cidade e envolvimento comunitário. Seu objetivo: possibilitar a pessoas, comunidades e organizações a tornarem-se protagonistas e co-responsáveis pela construção de uma cidade justa, segura e educativa, na qual os direitos individuais e sociais dos cidadãos e cidadãs sejam atendidos – em especial, os de crianças, adolescentes e jovens das camadas mais pobres. Sua principal ferramenta: a Justiça Restaurativa, uma nova forma de se fazer justiça, onde os envolvidos em conflitos destrutivos chegam de forma autônoma a acordos, reparando os danos que diferentes formas de violência causam a indivíduos e grupos, restaurando o tecido social esgarçado ou rompido pelas situações de desrespeito, prevenindo a violência pelo tratamento de suas causas, com atendimento aos direitos sociais até então negados e promovendo uma inserção comunitária mais justa, solidária e cidadã. (extracto)

Pallamolla, Raffaella and Achutti, Daniel . Restorative Justice in Juvenile Courts in Brazil: A Brief Review of Porto Alegre and São Caetano Pilot Projects.

In this paper, it is presented the results of the first three years (2005-2007)of the application of Restorative Justice (RJ) in the Brazilian juvenile justice system. To this end, it was made a bibliographical and documental researches, so all data used in the paper has not been collected directly by the authors. Good results are verified, despite the almost complete absence of publicity given to the work developed in the country. It was also noticed a considerable lack of dialogue between those who are responsible for the programmes, the legal actors involved, and the local Universities. For even better results, it is suggested that all institutions involved improve the dialogue between them and encourage scientific researches of their own practices. (author's abstract)

Proposed Restorative Justice Legislation in Brazil

In late 2005, the Commission of Participatory Legislation of the Brazilian House of Representatives held a public discussion on restorative justice. Tasked with bringing civil society organizations into the democratic process, the Commission sponsored the hearing at the request of the Instituto de Direito Comparado e Internacional de Brasilía. As a part of its intervention, the Instituto provided the Commission with draft restorative justice legislation for consideration.

Experimenting with Restorative Practices in Brazil

Several Brazilian organizations are exploring restorative justice philosophy and processes as a means of changing justice practice by

Growing Interest in Innovative Prison Management system.

Prison Fellowship affiliates in several countries are operating unique programs that make dramatic changes in prison management. These changes are based on a methodology developed by the Brazilian Association for Protection and Assistance to the Convicted (APAC), the PF affiliate in Brazil.

Scuro, Pedro and Renato Tardelli Pereira. A justiça como fator de transformação de conflictos: Princípios e implementação

No decorrer da década de 90 a discussão sobre a reforma do Judiciário restringiu-se a propostas de tipo “estrutural” - simplificação processual, atualização de procedimentos administrativos, intervenção na formação de bacharéis, promotores e juízes de Direito - que deveriam dar à Justiça maior competência, celeridade e, quem sabe, uma imagem menos negativa.

Scuro Neto, Pedro. The Restorative Paradigm: Just Middle-Range Justice

Restorative justice is a middle-range paradigm, a promise of future systemic change, implemented on a lower level of abstraction with operational notions defined for restricted orders of conflict, in specific, localized conditions.

Parker, Lynette. The Use of Restorative Practices in Latin America

Several Latin American countries are looking for alternative methods for dealing with crime and conflict. This opening has spurred both government and civil society to experiment with restorative processes.