PF National Organisations and Restorative Justice
http://www.pficjr.org
PF national organisations work with restorative justice in a variety of ways. This includes promoting restorative justice among different constituencies, advocating for legislation, and developing restorative justice programmes.
daily12007-05-08T05:26:39ZPF Zimbabwe Helping Ex-offenders, Families and Communities Find Healing http://www.pficjr.org/newsitems/pf-zimbabwe-helping-ex-offenders-families-and-communities-find-healing Ex-offenders encounter many challenges to living a crime free life once they leave prison. Chief among these are rejection by their families and communities of origin and the fear of revenge on the part of victims or victims' families. As a response to this reality, PF Zimbabwe created the Victim Offender Reconciliation Programme to assist this reintegration process.No publisherlparkerRestorative justiceNewsCountry:ZimbabweReconciliation2008-07-09T11:25:11ZNews ItemExplaining Restorative Justice in Colombia http://www.pficjr.org/newsitems/explaining-restorative-justice-in-colombia Dan Van Ness, PFI’s Executive Director of the Centre
for Justice and Reconciliation, recently travelled
to Colombia to help PF Colombia in its ongoing
efforts to promote restorative justice among criminal justice professionals.No publisherlparkerRestorative justiceNewsRegion:Latin AmericaCountry:ColombiaReform2008-08-01T16:53:22ZNews ItemHelping Prisoners and Communities Reconcile http://www.pficjr.org/newsitems/helping-prisoners-and-communities-reconcile In late 2007, PF Papua New Guinea (PFPNG) worked with the government’s Community Justice Liaison Unit (CJLU) to organise and support prisoners from Bomana prison through a reconciliation event in their home village.No publisherlparkerRestorative justiceNewsCountry:Papua New GuineaRegion:Pacific2008-04-01T17:13:38ZNews ItemPF Philippines Trains Jail Officers in Restorative Justice http://www.pficjr.org/newsitems/pf-philippines-trains-jail-officers-in-restorative-justice In late 2007, the board chairperson of PF Philippines, Dr. Rey Taniajura, conducted a three-day training class for 44 non-commissioned jail officers from across the Philippines. No publisherlparkerRestorative justiceNewsCountry:PhilippinesRegion:Asia2008-01-30T13:10:27ZNews ItemAdvocating for Restorative Justice in Nigeria http://www.pficjr.org/newsitems/advocating-for-restorative-justice-in-nigeria Participants in a recent one-day seminar organized by PF Nigeria discussed the chronic prison overcrowding in that country and explored solutions through alternatives to incarceration based on restorative justice. No publisherlparkerRestorative justiceRegion:AfricaCountry:NigeriaSeminarReform2007-11-30T16:20:28ZNews ItemRestorative Justice Training for Corrections Personnel http://www.pficjr.org/newsitems/restorative-justice-training-for-corrections-personnel Recently, PF Lesotho sponsored a two-week training event on restorative justice for members of the Lesotho Correctional Service (LCS). Thirty-five participants including prison chaplains and correctional rehabilitation officers participated in the event held at the Lesotho Training Centre. No publisherlparkerRestorative justiceCountry:LesothoRegion:Africa2007-11-30T16:15:42ZNews ItemConstructing Restorative Justice in Lithuania http://www.pficjr.org/newsitems/constructing-restorative-justice-in-lithuania Recently, the Lithuanian Government approved Resolution 806 paving the way for implementing restorative justice in the country.No publisherlparkerRestorative justiceRegion:EuropeCountry:LithuaniaReform2007-10-31T12:43:33ZNews ItemReconciling Victims and Offenders in Swaziland http://www.pficjr.org/newsitems/reconciling-victims-and-offenders-in-swaziland As offenders come to understand the harm they have caused, they feel the need to express their remorse and take responsibility for their behaviour. In response to this need, the PF Swaziland reconciliation team assists prisoners in this journey toward healing. When prisoners ask PFS volunteers to relay their apology to the victim, the reconciliation team steps in to visit with the prisoner and the victim. During meetings with the victims, often attended by the prison chaplain, the team members explain the desire of the offender to apologize and meet with the victim. After several meetings with each party, a meeting inside the prison is facilitated by the members of the reconciliation team. Often these meetings end in an offer of forgiveness from those affected by the offending behaviour. No publisherlparkerRestorative justiceRegion:AfricaCountry:Swaziland2007-05-25T13:02:01ZNews ItemPF Portugal Highlights Restorative Justice http://www.pficjr.org/newsitems/pf-portugal-highlights-restorative-justice This year’s Convocation theme of Love and Justice was an appropriate one for PF Portugal to use at its annual
nationwide PF Volunteers Meeting. The Portuguese Government recently announced a proposal for an
experimental penal mediation programme that would allow for alternative prison sentences in cases of crimes that
would have required less than five years in prison.No publisherlparkerRestorative justiceRegion:EuropeSeminarCountry:PortugalReform2007-12-04T20:55:13ZNews ItemDialogue for Peace in Colombia http://www.pficjr.org/newsitems/peacedialogue In January, PF Colombia began a roundtable discussion on creating a peace process using the paradigm of restorative justice. The series of meetings, held in one of the country’s major prisons, brought together members of different groups participating in the ongoing conflict – paramilitary and guerrilla -- as well as researchers in restorative justice from the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, representatives of the Medellín city government and members of PF Colombia.No publisherjamesRestorative justiceReconciliationRegion:Latin AmericaCountry:Colombia2007-12-04T21:45:50ZNews ItemPromoting Restorative Justice in Pakistan http://www.pficjr.org/newsitems/pakistan Recently, PF Pakistan sponsored an introductory seminar on prison ministry and restorative justice for 40 individuals from the NGO Caritas Pakistan. The seminar was a part of a larger PF Pakistan strategy to promote restorative justice in the country. No publisherjamesRestorative justiceCountry:PakistanSeminarRegion:Asia2007-12-04T19:36:45ZNews ItemPolice Training in Colombia http://www.pficjr.org/newsitems/policecol In October 2006, PF Colombia Board Chairperson Lácides Hernandez served as an instructor in a training course covering restorative justice theory and practice for Medellín Metropolitan police. No publisherjamesRestorative justiceRegion:Latin AmericaSeminarCountry:Colombia2007-12-04T21:46:22ZNews ItemRaising Community Awareness about Restorative Justice http://www.pficjr.org/newsitems/png Recently, Uvenama Rova of PF Papua New Guinea gave a presentation on restorative justice to a Women’s Fellowship Workshop of the United Church of Papua New Guinea.No publisherjamesRestorative justiceRegion:PacificCountry:PNG2006-08-31T11:54:24ZNews ItemPF Zambia Representatives Receive Restorative Justice Training http://www.pficjr.org/newsitems/zambia In May, Samuel Kawilila and Richard Mbindawina of PF Zambia travelled to the USA to study restorative justice at the Eastern Mennonite University Summer Peacebuilding Institute in Harrisonburg, VANo publisherjamesRestorative justiceRegion:AfricaCountry:Zambia2006-08-01T18:01:15ZNews ItemADR in Bolivia http://www.pficjr.org/newsitems/adrbol Early this year, the Oruro branch of PF Bolivia opened the Charles Colson Conciliation Centre. Having received official recognition from the Ministry of Justice, the centre has five certified conciliators providing alternative dispute resolution services in civil, family, and penal disputes.No publisherjamesRestorative justiceCountry:BoliviaRegion:Latin America2007-12-04T21:46:40ZNews Item