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Restorative Outcomes: Community Service and Restitution

Chair: Paddington Garwe

This session described programmes that make it possible for offenders to repair harm caused by their criminal activities. It explored the history and potential of community service and restitution, highlighting ways in which these programmes have been given uniquely restorative features. Case examples of each of these approaches will be presented. 

  • Moffat Karambamuchero (Prison Fellowship International): The importance of Community Service and its use in Africa
  • Julita Lembruger (Ombudsman, Rio Police Administration, Brasil): The settlement and the use of Community Service in Brazil
  • Peter Vand der Laan (Program Researcher, former Responsible for Community Service in the Deutsch Ministry of Justice): Community Service in the Netherlands
  • Dr. Kurt Neudek (Assistant Commissioner of Prisons, Special Adviser to the Commissioner of Prisons, Uganda)
  • Rustem Maksudov (co-director, Centre for Juridical and Legal Reform, Moscow)
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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