A research review on the application of restorative justice in cases involving child victims in Albania, Greece and Romania was conducted within the “i-RESTORE - Better Protecting Child Victims Rights through Restorative Justice”. The EU-funded project is led by Terre des hommes Regional Office in Hungary, and implemented in partnership with the European Forum for Restorative Justice, Restorative Justice Netherlands, Terre des hommes Romania and Terre des hommes Greece.
The review resulted in four research reports: one European and three national reports (Albania, Greece, Romania). The research was carried out in consultation with children and key stakeholders from these countries.
On 21 January 2021, join Terre des hommes in Europe, the European Forum for Restorative Justice (EFRJ) and Restorative Justice Nederland (RJN) for a Q&A Session in direct conversation with the authors of the i-RESTORE research:
- Annemieke Wolthuis, senior researcher and trainer at RJN and vice-chair of the EFRJ
- Emanuela Biffi, Project Officer, EFRJ
- Malini Laxminarayan, Research Consultant, RJN
- Cecilia Popa, Criminal Justice Consultant
- Mariana Semini, Head of the Program of the Initial Training in the Albanian Magistrates School
- Dimitra Moustaka, Project Coordinator, Terre des hommes Greece
During the Q&A session, the following topics will be addressed:
- How are the needs of child victims taken into account in restorative justice processes?
- How can we ensure that restorative justice processes involving child victims are effectively child-centred?
- What do children have to say about how to best protect child victims in criminal proceedings?
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The project “i-RESTORE - Better Protecting Child Victims' Rights through Restorative Justice” (September 2019 until August 2021) aims to promote the use of restorative justice in cases involving child victims by improving knowledge amongst national stakeholders on child-victim friendly restorative justice and empowering children to advocate for better protection of child victims.
The project is co-funded by the European Union’s Justice Programme (2014-2020).