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11th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

Statements Made By PFI at the Congress
An overview of restorative justice around the world: Paper presented by Daniel W. Van Ness at Workshop 2: Enhancing Criminal Justice Reform Including Restorative Justice, 22 April, Item 8 (b) of the provisional agenda, at the Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Bangkok, Thailand. Downloaded 18 May 2005.
Ancillary Session on Restorative Justice in Prisons: This panel discussed prison-based restorative justice programmes.
Presentation from Other Ancillary Sessions

Sycamore Tree Project®: See the powerful impact of PF New Zealand's Sycamore Tree Project®.

Restorative Justice at work

Sycamore Tree Project

Read about the impact of this powerful in-prison restorative justice programme.

Communities of Restoration

Learn about these 24-hour, 7-day-a-week intensive prison regimes operated by Prison Fellowship NGOs.

What is restorative justice?

Restorative justice is a theory of justice that emphasizes repairing the harm caused or revealed by criminal behaviour. It is best accomplished through cooperative processes that include all stakeholders.

Practices and programs reflecting restorative purposes will respond to crime by: (a) identifying and taking steps to repair harm, (b) involving all stakeholders, and (c) transforming the traditional relationship between communities and their governments in responding to crime. more