European Forum for Restorative Justice

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 (...)

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).

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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.

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