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European Forum for Restorative Justice

Acronym: EFRJ

General Information

Identification Code: 987246143529-12
Website: [object Object]
Entity Form: vzw
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 7/14/2021
Last Update: 10/2/2023
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: The European Forum for Restorative Justice (EFRJ) is the leading European network for supporting the development of restorative justice (RJ) in Europe. Founded in 2000, the EFRJ is a membership organization that currently comprises around 450 members (individual or organizational), from Europe and beyond. The EFRJ strives to bring together researchers, practitioners and policy makers interested in RJ, with the aim of helping to establish and develop high-quality RJ practices. To achieve this aim, the EFRJ promotes international information exchange and mutual assistance; encourages the development of effective RJ policies, services and legislation; explores and develops the theoretical basis of RJ by stimulating research; assists in the development of principles, ethics, training and good practice. The EFRJ focuses on the application of RJ to criminal matters but other areas, such as family, school and community mediation, are not excluded. Our mission is that every person in E (...)
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
  • Culture
  • Education and training
  • Environment
  • International co-operation and development
  • Justice and fundamental rights
  • Research and innovation
Levels of Interest:
  • european

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: We are currently targeting the following EU initiatives, policies and legislative or non-legislative files: • Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA. • Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. EU Strategy on victims' rights (2020-2025). COM(2020) 258 final. • Opinion. European Economic and Social Committee; Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. EU Strategy on victims' rights (2020-2025). • New EU strategy on the Rights of the Child 2021- 2024. • Council conclusions on alternative measures to detention: the use of non-custodial sanctions and measures in the field of criminal justice (2019/C 422/06). • Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. Ensuring justice in the EU —a European judicial training strategy for 2021-2024. COM(2020) 713 final. • EU Directive 2008/99/EC on Environmental Protection through Criminal Law. • Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025. COM/2020/152 final. • Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. Union of Equality: LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025. COM(2020) 698 final. • Proposal for a Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence, COM(2022) 105 final Participation in EC public consultations: • EC open consultation on the revision of the Victims’ rights Directive launched in August 2023 • Open consultation Criminal justice – EU rules on victims’ rights (update) launched in March 2022 • Open consultation of the EC - Combating gender-based violence – protecting victims and punishing offenders by submitting our feedback to the proposed Directive on Violence against Women and Domestic Violence • Call for evidence on Criminal justice – EU rules on victims’ rights (update) launched in December 2021 • Commission public consultation on the evaluation of the Victims’ Rights Directive (launched in July 2021) • Commission public consultation on the new EU Strategy on Victims’ Rights 2020 – 2025 (launched in March 2020). • Commission public consultation on the new EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child 2021 - 2024 (launched in July 2020): we sent a joint position paper with Terres des Hommes on the Roadmap (August 2020) and a second joint policy paper also with other organisations has been submitted on 30 November 2020. • Commission public consultation on the EU environmental law – better access to justice (launched in October 2020 ). • Commission public consultation on Environmental crime – improving EU rules on environmental protection through criminal law (launched in February 2021). • Commission open consultation on Combating gender-based violence – protecting victims and punishing offenders (launched in February 2021). • Commission open consultation to the roadmap on Hate speech & hate crime – inclusion on list of EU crimes. • Commission public consultation on Supporting crime victims – evaluation of the Victims’ Rights Directive (2012/29/EU): feedback on Roadmap (launched in December 2020).
Communication Activities: Projects: We are currently involved as partners in the following EU funded projects: i-Restore 2.0 - For Accessible Quality Restorative Justice processes for children in contact with the law in Europe (2022-2024): https://www.euforumrj.org/en/irestore-2022-2024 Papers: • EFRJ feedback on the EC proposed amendments to the Victims’ Rights Directive • EFRJ Policy news - https://www.euforumrj.org/sites/default/files/2022-11/EFRJ_Policy_News_Autumn_2022_issues1-2.pdf • EFRJ position paper to the EC on the revision of restorative justice in the revised Directive on Victims’ Rights • EFRJ feedback on restorative justice in the proposed Directive on Violence against Women and Domestic Violence • EFRJ Feedback call for evidence on Criminal justice – EU rules on victims’ rights • EFRJ position paper to the EC on the evaluation of the implementation of restorative justice provisions in the Victim’s Rights Directive • EFRJ feedback to EU Strategy on victims' rights (2020-2025) • EFRJ and Terre des Hommes joint position papers on the new EU strategy on the Rights of the Child (2021–2024) and a second policy brief submitted by Terre des Hommes in partnership with the EFRJ and other organisations. • EFRJ feedback on the EU environmental law – better access to justice • EFRJ feedback on the roadmap on Supporting crime victims – evaluation of the Victims’ Rights Directive • EFRJ feedback on the roadmap on Hate speech & hate crime – on the inclusion on the list of EU crimes • Briefing Paper about the Regulation of Restorative Justice in the Directive 2012/29/EU • Practice Guide for restorative justice services: The Victims’ Directive - challenges and opportunities for RJ • Restorative Justice in The Victims’ Directive: survey results • Restorative Justice for Victims (infographic) • Practice Guide: Implementing Restorative Justice with Child Victims • EFRJ thematic brief: Restorative Justice and Sexual Violence • EFRJ thematic brief: Restorative Justice and Violent Extremism • EFRJ thematic brief: Restorative Justice and Child Justice • EFRJ thematic brief: Restorative Justice and Alternatives to Detention • Restoring the Future. Towards a restorative environmental justice praxis • EFRJ Manual: Values and Standards for restorative justice practices In 2018 the EFRJ published a Practice Guide on Values and Standards for restorative justice practices to support the field of the restorative justice in Europe by offering this reference point for high quality restorative justice practices and to help the implementation of the Victims’ Rights Directive and the EU strategy on victims’ rights, which call for safeguards to ensure secure participation of victims in RJ processes. Events: We are following the EU policies on violent extremism. We cooperated with the Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN): we co-organised with RAN EXIT and RAN RVT an event in Dublin (3-4 December 2019) on RJ approaches relevant for exit work and addressing victims and offenders’ needs. We co-drafted an Ex Post paper (here the link to the paper). European Restorative Justice Policy Network (ERJPN): In 2018, with the support of the Justice Programme of the European Commission, we set up this new network of policy makers with the aim to bring together representatives of the Ministries dealing with restorative justice or related matters in each EU member state and beyond. 22 countries replied positively to our invitation to join the ERJPN, welcoming the creation of this policy network. We organise an annual event during which we inform and discuss relevant international and European policies and legislations: https://www.euforumrj.org/en/european-restorative-justice-policy-network
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Herbert Hooverplein 10
Post Code: 3000
City: Leuven
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office

Address: Herbert Hooverplein 10
Post Code: 3000
City: Leuven
Country: BELGIUM
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Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 3
Members50 Percent: 2
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 5
Members F T E: 1.75
Info Members: The EFRJ has currently 6 employees, 1 full time and 6 part-time, all together 4,1 full time equivalents. Not all the employees are involved in the activities covered by the register and not all working hours by employees indicated above fall under the activities of the register. In the above table we included our Chair and 2 additional members of the Board (25% each, non-remunerated), who are involved in the activities falling under the register. The other 6 members of the Board are only occasionally involved, and mostly only through our events, therefore they are not indicated above.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: EFRJ membership is open to individuals and organisations (non-governmental or governmental), who support the general aims of the EFRJ. Organisational members are governmental departments, institutions, universities or organisations working at the local, regional, national or international level to implement or promote services, research, training or lobbying activities in the field of restorative justice and related areas. Individual members are private persons who support the mission, vision, and objectives of the EFRJ. They can be pioneers in restorative justice (RJ) in their country, or professionals interested in RJ but not necessarily working in an organisation or institution involved in RJ. The members can decide to apply for a full membership status with voting rights or associate membership status (without voting rights). The main decision making body of the EFRJ is the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the members and it meets once a year. The AGM consists of the full members (with voting rights) of the EFRJ. Currently (by 8 July 2021) the EFRJ has 401 members (94 organisations and 307 individuals ). ORGANISATIONAL MEMBERS (by 08 July 2021) 1 Albanian Foundation for Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation of Disputes(AFCR) Albania 2 National Chamber of Mediation Albania 3 NEUSTART Austria 4 Institute for Sociology of Law Austria 5 ADAM (CAW Antwerpen) Belgium 6 Moderator vzw Belgium 7 Alba vzw Belgium 8 MEDIANTE asbl Belgium 9 Centre GACEP Belgium 10 CAW Noord-West-Vlaanderen Belgium 11 Bureau Alternatieve Afhandeling Brugge (BAAB) DE Patio Belgium 12 Le Radian Belgium 13 HCA Oost-Vlaanderen Belgium 14 FOD Justitie Belgium 15 Confraternidad Carelaria de Colombia Colombia 16 Association for creative Social Work - Udruga za kreativni socijalni rad Croatia 17 Probation and Mediation Service Czech Republic 18 Aarhus University Denmark 19 Danish National Police, National Centre of Crime Prevention NFC Denmark 20 Estonian Social Insurance Board - Sotsiaalkindlustusamet Estonia 21 Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Finland 22 Fédération Citoyens et Justice France 23 Institut Français pour la Justice Restaurative (IFJR) France 24 DBH TOA-Servicebuero Germany 25 WAAGE Hannover e.V. Germany 26 Foresee Research Group Hungary 27 Family Child Youth Association Hungary 28 Early Learning Initiative Ireland 29 Release Ireland 30 Probation Service Ireland Ireland 31 Restorative Justice Services Ireland 32 Associazione Sponde' ONLUS Italy 33 Centro Italiano per la Promozione della Mediazione, Italy 34 Università degli Studi di Padova Italy 35 Universitá Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Italy 36 Associazione Comunità il gabbiano ODV Italy 37 Diakonia Onlus Italy 38 Università 'Studi Insubria - Centro studi sulla Giustizia Riparativa e la Mediazione Italy 39 Nathan Associazione di Promozione Sociale Italy 40 Area di Ricerca Scientifica - Area Science Park Italy 41 C.R.I.S.I. S.c.a.r.l. Onlus Italy 42 Regione Autonoma Trentino Alto-Adige/ Uffico Integrazione Europeane aiuti umanitari Italy 43 Associazone Aleteia Italy 44 C.E.A.S. Coopertiva Sociale Italy 45 Instituto Don Calabria Italy 46 Procedamus Italy 47 Eughenia Società Cooperativa Sociale - Onlus Italy 48 State Probaton Service Latvia 49 Starto akademija Lithuania 50 Centre de Médiation asbl Luxembourg 51 Restorative Justice Nederland Netherlands 52 Avans Centre for Public Safety and Criminal Justice Netherlands 53 Perspectief Herstelbemiddeling Netherlands 54 Stichting Halt Netherlands 55 Stichting Jongerenrechtbanken Nederland Netherlands 56 Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand 57 Safe Learning - Trygg Laering Norway 58 Norwegian Red Cross Street Mediation Norway 59 Konfliktraadet Norwey 60 Frontis - Lower Silesia Association of Probation Officers Poland 61 European Mediation Institute Poland 62 Fundacja Spark Academy Poland 63 Polskie Centrum Mediacji Poland 64 Asociatia Colegiul Mediatorilor Romania 65 ZAPORNISKI VIKARIAT (Prison Ministry Slovenia) Slovenia 66 Direcció General d’Execució Penal a la Comunitat i Justícia Juvenil Spain 67 IRSE Euskadi Spain 68 Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Instituto de Justicia Y Litigation "Alonso Martinez" Spain 69 Basque Government - Public Administration and Justice Department Spain 70 Direccion General de Justicia del Gobierno de Navarra Spain 71 Asociacion para la Mediación,el Encuentro y la Escucha - AMEE Spain 72 Federacion Andaluza ENLACE Spain 73 Centro de Mediacion de Murcia Spain 74 Institución de Mediación del Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid Spain 75 Fundació Pere Tarres - Ramon Llull University Spain 76 Unidad de Mediacíon intrajudicial de Murcia Spain 77 Asociación DOI ELKARTEA Spain 78 Federación Española Justica Restaurativa Spain 79 ADOSTEN Association Spain 80 Swiss RJ Forum Switzerland 81 Ajures Switzerland 82 Dejure Foundation Ukraine 83 Extern Northern Ireland United Kingdom 84 Community Justice Scotland United Kingdom 85 Restorative Solutions United Kingdom 86 Centre for Youth and Criminal Justice United Kingdom 87 Why me? Victims for Restorative Justice United Kingdom 88 Restorative Now United Kingdom 89 Resolve West (formerly Bristol Mediation) United Kingdom 90 Restorative Justice Council United Kingdom 91 Fair Process Limited United Kingdom 92 Kent County Council United Kingdom 93 Community Restorative Justice Ireland (CRJI) United Kingdom 94 IIRP United States More information on organisational members on our website here: https://www.euforumrj.org/en/our-organisational-members
Organisation Members: Criminal Justice Platform Europe: Together with other two organisations committed to address criminal justice issues in Europe, the European Forum for Restorative Justice (EFRJ) is part of the Criminal Justice Platform Europe (CJPE). Since 2012, CJPE brings together three organizations working in the fields of detention (EuroPris), Probation (Confederation of European Probation, CEP) and Restorative Justice (EFRJ) ‘to reduce re-offending and the impact of crime and to improve methods of working with victims, communities and offenders throughout Europe.’ he CJPE’s members are equally represented. It is a non-statutory collaboration. The Ministry of Justice in Catalonia supports the CJPE and provides meeting and administration resources in the Centre for Legal Studies in Barcelona. We have a memorandum of understanding signed with the European Family Justice Center Alliance and with the CFJ-EN – Child Friendly Justice European Network. We cooperate on a regular level with Victim Support Europe, with the European Forum for Urban Security and with Terre des Hommes. We collaborate with the EU RAN Network and we are members of the EU FRA Fundamental Rights Platform.