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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.


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


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.


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


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


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


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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