The article reflects on the conceptual work undertaken during the first year of ALTERNATIVE, a project coordinated by KU Leuven. The overall objective of the project is to provide an alternative and deepened understanding of justice and security based on empirical evidence of how to handle conflicts within intercultural contexts, mainly through the active participation of citizens. The paper focuses mainly on the relation of the concept of citizenship with restorative justice, especially as viewed and enacted in the four intercultural settings of the ALTERNATIVE project. Several issues are discussed: the concept of participatory citizenship in relation to crime and conflict; the claim of the discourse of restorative justice to the concept of participatory citizenship and democracy and the challenges in the restorative justice discourse that complicate its relationship to participatory citizenship. Next, insight is provided in the ways the ALTERNATIVE project tries to tackle some of these challenges, by exploring and strengthening the relationship between the concept of active citizenship and justice in Europe. By targeting the intercultural field the ALTERNATIVE aims to explore the potential of mediation services and restorative justice models to engage with macro societal conflicts that are not referred to these services by the criminal justice system, and on the other hand expand the way some of the crimes referred by the criminal justice system are handled by the mediation services alternatively by fostering alliances with various civil society organisations. Employing ‘action research’ methodology, it is argued that the concept and framework of ‘nodal governance’ (Shearing and Wood, 2003) can serve to support participatory modes of conflict regulation. Interactive settings are created, which allow for spaces between informal and formal justice, and between justice mechanisms at the individual and at the societal level (Aertsen, 2001, 2008). Arguments are provided in support of the need to promote broader models of restorative justice which are able to address social and systemic crimes and conflicts, and which will help the theory and practice of RJ to move beyond the individualisation of crime and its remedies. |
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Actieve rechtvaardigheidHerstelrecht als vruchtbare bodem voor de uitoefening van burgerschap |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift voor Herstelrecht, Aflevering 3 2013 |
Auteurs | Brunilda Pali |
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Samen beslissen over je eigen omgeving.Wijkbewoners aan zet met een Eigen Kracht-conferentie voor groep, wijk of buurt |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift voor Herstelrecht, Aflevering 3 2013 |
Auteurs | Hilleke Crum |
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The Eigen Kracht Centrale is striving for a society based on participation and mutual self reliance of citizens, where citizens remain in charge of their own life, especially when dealing with organizations and government bodies. It is important, in the Eigen Kracht Centrale vision, that everyone is part of society and everyone can participate, everyone has a say and remains in charge of his or her own life, everyone gets support from their own social network: family, friends, neighbors, etc. |
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Recht op kwaliteit, maar geen recht op toegangHerstelrecht in de EU-regelgeving omtrent slachtoffers van misdrijven |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift voor Herstelrecht, Aflevering 2 2013 |
Trefwoorden | Restorative justice, Victims’ rights, EU-legislation, framework decision 2001, directive 2012 |
Auteurs | Katrien Lauwaert |
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Some ten years ago, victim-offender mediation was introduced for the first time in EU-legislation through article 10 of the 2001 framework decision on the standing of victims in criminal proceedings. In 2012 this framework decision was replaced by a more extensive directive establishing minimum standards for victims of crime. This article examines the position of restorative justice in this new legal instrument. The outcome is mixed. The emphasis on safeguards in case restorative justice is applied is a positive move towards good practices, but it is disappointing that a right to access restorative justice services was not adopted. |
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Nieuwe pilot Eigen Kracht-conferentie bij Huiselijk Geweld, code geel |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift voor Herstelrecht, Aflevering 1 2013 |
Auteurs | Hilleke Crum |
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