Encounter of the Encounters 2023

20.Nov - 20. Nov, 2023 Cod. C05-23

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Description

Since it started in Donostia/San Sebastian in 2019, the Encounter of the Restorative Encounters brings together people from the Basque Country (Spain), Belgium, Germany, Israel and Palestine, Italy, Northern Ireland, Scotland (UK) and Ukraine, who have in common the participation in restorative dialogues in the aftermath of political violence and violent extremism.

Objectives

Following a methodology adapted from human libraries, experiences will be shared from the complexity and respect of restorative principles. This event takes places within the International Restorative Jusitce.

Activity directed to

All public
University student
Students not from university
Teachers
Professionals

Directors

Gemma Maria Varona Martínez

IVAC KREI

Gema Varona is a lecturer in Victimology and Criminal Policy at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and senior researcher at the Basque Institute of Criminology (Donostia/San Sebastian, Spain). In 1998 she was honoured with the Junior Scholar Competition Award of the International Society of Criminology for her research comparing restorative justice in Romani and non Romani communities. Former coordinator of the degree in criminology (2013-2017), current coordinator of the UPV/EHU MOOC on Victimology (2016-), and co-director of the Master in Victimology of that University (2014-), she is also the co-editor of the Journal of Victimology/Revista de Victimología. She has authored books on migration and human rights, restorative justice, juries and the construction of the forensic truth, women’s local safety audits, victims of terrorism, and victims of sexual abuse.