Medling i affärstvister - ny lagstiftning.Malmö, Hotel Scandic S:t Jörgen.Advokat Dan Engström och Advokat Eric M.Runesson.För mer info www.jura.se

Medling i affärstvister - ny lagstiftning.Göteborg, Hotel Scandic Crown.Advokat Dan Engström och Advokat Eric M.Runesson.För mer info www.jura.se

P3 morgonpasset uppmärksammade idag medling genom att bjuda in medlaren Eleonore Lindh till studion för att samtala om medling och konflikthantering. Lyssna

The Government funded a £7 million seven year research programme looking into restorative justice. In her independent evaluation, published in four reports (see links to each and an RJC summary of the entire series below) Professor Joanna Shapland found that in randomised control trials of RJ with serious offences (robbery, burglary and violent offences) by adult offenders:The majority of victims chose to participate in face-to-face meetings with the offender, when offered by a trained facilitator85% of victims who took part were satisfied with the processRJ reduced the frequency of re-offending, leading to £9 savings for every £1 spent on restorative justiceExpert independent criminologists Professor Lawrence Sherman and Dr Heather Strang state that the reduction in the frequency of re-offending found in this research was 27% - that's 27% less crime, 27% fewer victims following RJ.Alongside the Sentencing Green Paper in December 2010 the Government published their own further analysis of the data behind the Shapland reports, quantifying the size of the reduction in the frequency of re-offending following RJ as 14%.Mer info.

As a part of the programme of the Finnish Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers 2011, the Ministry of Justice and the Advisory Board for Victim-Offender Mediation are arranging a two-day seminar in Helsinki, on the 9th and 10th of February 2012, on victim’s position in Restorative Justice and Victim-Offender Mediation.The Helsinki seminar focuses on exchanging information and views with the Nordic countries in order to strengthen the competence on Restorative Justice and on several aspects of Victim-Offender Mediation, especially victims’ rights in VOM processes, serious crimes in mediation, immigrants in VOM, young people in VOM and the methodology used in Restorative Justice practises.More info.