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RPF(NI) 25th Anniversary International Conference
Building a Vision for the Future of Restorative Practices
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Solicitors and social workers will be eligible for CPD points. There will also be PiP credits available for attendance at the conference.
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Why
The Restorative Practices Forum (NI) (formerly the Restorative Justice Forum) has brought a wide range of people and organisations together over the past 25 years to promote restorative justice, to offer opportunities to share best practices and to support research. It can claim that it has contributed to the rapid expansion of restorative practices over the past 20 years and to Northern Ireland’s international reputation for high quality and innovative restorative approaches in a variety of sectors.
Who
This conference will provide an opportunity to bring together policy makers, practitioners and researchers from throughout the island of Ireland and to welcome visitors from Britain, Europe and beyond.
What
The conference will:
• Take stock of and celebrate what has been achieved.
• Cast a critical eye on what could be improved.
• Generate a vision to maximise the benefits of restorative practices throughout society.
Welcome RPF(NI) 25th Anniversary International Conference
Building a Vision for the Future of Restorative
Practices
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Conference Agenda
DAY 1: 14TH NOVEMBER
9.00 Registration and refreshments
10.00 Plenary Theme 1: Celebrate Welcome and introductions from
Conference Chair, Paul Clark MBE Mary McAleese, Professor of Children, Law
and Religion at the University of Glasgow and Former President of Ireland (via video).
Sir Declan Morgan, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.
The history and contribution of the Restorative Practices Forum (NI)
Janette McKnight, Restorative Practices Forum (NI) How restorative practices have contributed to
the Criminal Justice System Simon Byrne, Police Service NI; Cheryl Lamont,
Probation Board NI; Brendan McGuigan, Criminal Justice Inspectorate NI; and Paul Doran, Reducing Offending Directorate, DoJ.
Development and achievements of Community Based Restorative Justice
Debbie Watters, NI Alternatives and Harry Maguire, Community Restorative Justice Ireland.
11.30 Workshops A: Reviewing achievements and highlighting best practice
Youth Conferencing: Restorative Practice with children in the justice system – Kelvin Doherty, Youth Justice Agency NI
Adults in the Community – Tim Mairs, Police Service NI; Stephen Hamilton, Probation Board NI; Debbie Watters, NI Alternatives; and Harry Maguire, CRJI
PBNI: Restorative Practice with those who have caused harm and those who have experienced harm – Roisin Leckey, Geraldine Woods and Siobhan McElnea, Probation Board NI
Prisons: A Part of the Community, not apart from it – David Eagleson, NI Prison Service
Let’s Talk Family: Developments in a Family Group Conference Service – Julie Allen & Kim Leebody, South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust
Training & Development – Tim Chapman, Ulster University; Dr Mary Magee, Time Out Assessment Centre; & Glenn Millar, NI Alternatives
Victim Awareness: Increasing victim awareness within the custodial setting – Robin Scott, Prison Fellowship NI
12.30 A Restorative Approach to Independent Enquiry Jennifer Llewellyn, Schulich School of Law
at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia.
1.00 Lunch
2.00 Plenary Theme 2: Critique:
Enhancing restorative practices in schools:
Learning from Scotland – Prof Gillean McCluskey, University of Edinburgh
Learning from Ireland – Deirdre Lavelle, Professional Development Service for Teachers
Learning from Northern Ireland – Maire Thompson, Hazelwood Integrated College
Enhancing restorative practices with families and children:
Introducing Restorative Practices within Health and Social Care: A Personal Reflection – Brendan Whittle, Health & Social Care Board.
Reducing Risk, Care and Social Work Involvement: A local authority’s experience of restorative approaches – Jim McGrath, NetCare.
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3.30 Refreshments
4.00 Workshops B: Identifying how we can improve:
Education: Creating and embedding restorative practices in schools – Martina Jordan, Consensus NI
Communities: How can neighbourhoods become more hospitable and inclusive? – Debbie Hammill, NI Alternatives.
Parenting: Introducing restorative practices to families – Jim McGrath, NetCare
Intimate Partner Violence: Can restorative processes be applied? – Kerry Malone, Independent Social Worker
Victims: How can victims initiate restorative processes? – Geri Hanna, Victim Support NI
Desistance: What is the link with restorative justice? – Tim Chapman, European Forum for RJ
Hate Crime and Prejudice: Getting Real in Restorative Practice – Mark Johnston, NIACRO
(Points for improvement will be recorded.)
5.00 End
7.00 Conference Dinner & local entertainment
DAY 2: 15TH NOVEMBER
9.30 Plenary Theme 3 – A Deeper and Wider Vision
Enhancing the involvement of victims – Geri Hanna - Victim Support NI
Possibilities of restorative justice after gender-based violence – Marie Keenan, School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, University College Dublin
RJ - intercommunal and intercultural conflict – Tim Chapman, European Forum for Restorative Justice
Towards a restorative society and Centre of Restorative Excellence – Steven McCourt, Department of Justice (NI)
10.45 Refreshments
11.00 Workshops C: What lies ahead?
Family Group Conference NI: Developing A Self-Referral Model – Mena Wilson, FGC(NI)
Restorative Approaches to Harmful Sexual Behaviour – Paul Ryan, Youth Justice Agency (NI)
Restorative Schools – Martina Jordan, Consensus NI
Hate Crime: A Restorative Approach in Future Legislation – Judge Desmond Marrinan
Problem Solving Courts: Investing in Treatment to Prevent Reoffending – Judge Fiona Bagnall & Dr Geraldine O’Hare, Probation Board NI
Government Departments: How can we collaborate to support a more restorative society? – Brian Payne, Ulster University
Restorative Enquiries: The Opportunities and Challenges – Jennifer Llewellyn, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia
(Conclusions will be recorded).
12.00 How Restorative Practice can contribute to peaceful, just and dynamic societies
Prof John Braithwaite, Founder of RegNet, the School of Global Governance & Regulation, & the Centre for Restorative Justice at the Australian National University.
12.55 Closing remarks by Yvonne Adair, Restorative Practices Forum (NI)
13.00 Lunch and departure
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Professor Jennifer Llewellyn
The Yogis & Keddy Chair in Human Rights Law &
Professor of Law at the Schulich School of Law,
Nova Scotia.
Her research & teaching is focused in the areas
of relational theory, restorative justice, truth
commissions, international & domestic human
rights law. She is currently the Director of the
Restorative International Learning Community
an international alliance of leading researchers,
policymakers & practitioners supporting the
development & implementation of a restorative
approach to governance & human services in
jurisdictions in Canada, the United States, England,
New Zealand & Australia.
Professor John Braithwaite
Founder of RegNet, the School of Global Governance
& Regulation, & the Centre for Restorative Justice
at the Australian National University.
He originally developed ideas on restorative justice
in business regulation in the 1980s; for the last 15
years he has concentrated on RJ in peacebuilding
& in broader issues of governance. Between these
two periods, & especially during his early trips
to Northern Ireland, he mainly worked on RJ in
criminal justice. He is descended from an Irish
convict transported to Australia.
Keynote Speakers
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Janette McKnight
Restorative Practices Forum (NI)The history and contribution of the Restorative Practices Forum (NI)
Simon Byrne
Police Service NIHow restorative practices have contributed to the Criminal Justice System
Cheryl Lamont, Probation Board NI How restorative practices have contributed to the Criminal Justice System
Brendan McGuigan
Criminal Justice Inspectorate NI How restorative practices have contributed to the Criminal Justice System
Paul Doran
Reducing Offending Directorate, DoJHow restorative practices have contributed to the Criminal Justice System
Debbie Watters
NI Alternatives Development and achievements of Community Based Restorative Justice
Harry Maguire
Community Restorative Justice IrelandDevelopment and achievements of
Community Based Restorative Justice
Dr Gillean McCluskey University of EdinburghEnhancing restorative practices in schools – Learning from Scotland
Deirdre Lavelle
Professional Development Service for TeachersEnhancing restorative practices in schools – Learning from Ireland
Plenary Speakers
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RPF(NI) CONFERENCE PLANNING GROUP: Yvonne Adair; Tim Chapman; David Eagleson; Christine Hunter; Martina Jordan; Jim McGrath; Janette McKnight; David Smyth; Tom Winstone.
Maire Thompson Hazelwood Integrated CollegeEnhancing restorative practices in schools – Learning from Northern Ireland
Brendan Whittle
Health & Social Care BoardEnhancing restorative practices with families and children: Introducing Restorative Practices within the HSC: A Personal Reflection
Jim McGrath
NetCareEnhancing restorative practices with families and children: Reducing Risk, Care and Social Work Involvement: A local authority’s experience of restorative approaches
Geri Hanna
Victim Support NIEnhancing the involvement of victims
Marie Keenan
School of Social Policy,
Social Work and Social Justice,
University College DublinPossibilities of restorative justice after gender-based violence
Tim Chapman
European Forum for
Restorative JusticeRJ - intercommunal and intercultural conflict
Steven McCourt
Department of Justice (NI)Towards a restorative society and Centre of Restorative Excellence
Plenary Speakers
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RPF(NI) 25th Anniversary International Conference Building a Vision for the Future of Restorative Practices
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