Articles from RJ Online

These short articles featuring developments within the Middle East first appeared in the monthly edition of Restorative Justice Online.

Lebanon: Using Communtiy Dialogue to Foster

Twenty years of civil war, often along religious and ethnic lines, left Lebanon with a legacy of displaced communities where fear, anger, and mistrust hinder return and reconciliation.

Using Family Group Conferencing in Child Protection Cases in Israel.

Simone Spak is director of Family Group Conferencing in Child Protection, a program of Ashalim (the Association for Planning & Development of Services for Children and Youth at Risk & their Families) in Israel. In this article, she describes a pilot project to use Family Group Conferencing in child protection cases.