News – Criminal Justice

  • Nepal Forum for Restorative Justice is organizing a workshop on Restorative Justice on October 4, 2020. This will be organzed online from 1pm-4pm Nepal time. The workshop will cover the following areas: Basic values and principles of restorative justice Application of restorative justice to address violence and harms Restorative justice benefits to victims, offenders and …

  • The first session of the training on Restorative Justice and Dealing with the Past kicked off from September 6, 2020. Given the coronavirus pandemic, the training was held online. The guest of honor for the inaugural session was Professor Tim Chapman, a pioneer of restorative justice and chair of European Forum for Restorative Justice. Professor …

  • Nepal Forum for Restorative Justice announces its inaugural training on Restorative Justice and Dealing with the Past to be organized in September 2020. The training will cover the following areas: Introduction to restorative justice and why it matters in our calls for re-imagining peace and justice Getting to the roots of trauma and past, and …

  • The much-awaited UN Handbook on Restorative Justice Programmes (second edition) is going to be launched through a webinar on 22 May, 2020. The Handbook provides comprehensive and up-to-date information on the concept, values and principles of restorative justice as well as practical guidance on establishing and implementing restorative justice programmes. The launch webinar will include …

  • 4th Nepal Conference on Restorative Justice November 20-21, 2020 | Kathmandu Nepal Theme of the year: Restorative justice and child victims Organised by Nepal Forum for Restorative Justice, the Fourth Nepal Conference on Restorative Justice aims to bring together practitioners and scholars working in the field of restorative justice (and related fields) to discuss how …

  • These are difficult times as the whole world is fighting the coronavirus pandemic and we don’t know whether when and if we will return to normal — a new normal. In this context, we hope that we need to continue our dreams for a more just world and keep our work going. So with this …

  • Considering the COVID-19 pandemic, we have decided to postpone the event. New dates will be announced when appropriate. Thank you for your understanding. Thank you for being with us.

  • Nepal Forum for Restorative Justice is pleased to announce a workshop on “Transforming Harms through Restorative Justice” on March 29, 2020. The workshop will introduce restorative justice approaches as a way to transform harms. Participation is open to all. To participate in the workshop, please email us at programs@nepaljustice.org along with your contact details by …

  • As an important step in the restorative justice movement, today the founders of three networks and organisations – Community of Restorative Researchers, Nepal Forum for Restorative Justice and Czech Institute for Restorative Justice – and a Core Member of the Restorative Justice: Strategies for Change team in Poland have signed an Memorandum of Understanding for …

  • How does Restorative Justice look like now? Please have a look at this video produced by Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice, USA. The video also features Ram Tiwari, NFRJ Director, where he discusses the continuum of restorative justice. Here is the link to the video: https://youtu.be/vKkpQaCApnM

  • We are happy to announce that the registration for the upcoming Third Annual Conference on Restorative Justice and Social Change is open now. Please click this link for registration: Registration form for RJ Conference 2019  Final date to submit registration application:  November 17, 2019

  • Following requests from our well-wishers, we have decided to rename our upcoming  third annual Nepal conference on restorative justice scheduled for 22-24 November, 2019. We wanted to be more intentional in what we are doing, i.e. creating this conference as a forum of discussing restorative justice with an intention for social change. The name of …

  • As a member of Restorative Justice Working Group at the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice, US) Ram Tiwari took part in the Group’s first meeting.   Please find more news about the RJ Working Group at OJJDP’s newsletter here: https://www.ojjdp.gov/newsletter/252941/topstory.html On July 15, 2019, restorative justice advocates …

  • NFRJ is joining hands with Nagarik Aawaz, our like-hearted organization, in organizing the Second Edition of Nepal Dialogues on Justice on August 29, 2019. The name of the second edition is called “Nepal’s transition to justice: Charting ways forward”. This event is being organized keeping in view some recent developments related to peace and justice in …

  • Please note that due to unavoidable technical reasons, the dates for the 3rd Conference on Restorative Justice and Social Change have been moved to a week earlier than the previously announced date of 27-29 November, 2019. The new dates are 22-24 November, 2019.