21/01/2017

EFRJ in Paris!

The EFRJ team was present during the first international RJ conference in France, organised by the French Institute of RJ (IFJR) in partnership with the national victim support service INAVEM and the EFRJ (Paris, 18-19 January 2017).

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Edit Törzs’ plenary presentation.
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Edit Törzs, Emanuela Biffi and Antonio Buonatesta (director of Mediante, a Belgian RJ service).

Our Executive Director Edit Törzs presented on the second day’s plenaries on the challenges and opportunities of institutionalising RJ. The Communication & Events Officer moderated the session on restorative juvenile justice, presented by Prof. Frieder Dünkel and the Director of the International Juvenile Justice Observatory Cédric Foussard. Also our Dutch Board member Annemieke Wolthuis was present, contributing to further raising promoting the work of our RJ community.

 

Some news about French developments (and more) can be found here.