RJI Launches Social Media Accountability Board-September 2022
RJI has launched a new campaign creating our Social Media Accountability Board (SMAB). RJI's commitment is to apply restorative justice values to social media platforms encouraging global communications that are committed to truth and transparency. The role of the RJI's
RJI Awards for 2022
Restorative Justice International (RJI) presents the RJI Award for Excellence in Restorative Justice for 2022. The following are categories of service in the field of restorative justice identified by RJI as new critical areas of application around the world. The seven
Podcast: gun violence, U.S. Supreme Court, victims’ response (June 29, 2022)
June 29, 2022 (recorded) Today's podcast is with victims/survivors of gun violence from around the U.S. as we discuss the rise of mass shootings, the U.S. Supreme Court decision to expand gun rights, and the way forward. Each victim of violence
Global Advisory Council Meeting: hate crime, hate speech & the role of social media-June 8, 2022
June 8, 2022 8:00am Pacific time Today's video meeting is with RJI's Global Advisory Council, GAC, (partial) as we discuss hate crime, hate speech, and the role and responsibility of social media. We re-visit this topic, as we have done podcasts
Dr. Sandro Calvani Podcast (Bangkok, Thailand)-April 28, 2022
RJI's podcast with Dr. Sandro Calvani recorded in Bangkok, Thailand on April 28th, 2022. Sandro is a former United Nations (UN) diplomat, Caritas executive, writer and university professor, and president of the Scientific Council of the Giuseppe Toniolo Institute for International
RJI Global Advisory Council Votes to Support San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin (California)-April 22, 2022
Restorative Justice International www.restorativejusticeinternational.com RJI email: restorativejusticeinternational@charter.net PRESS RELEASE April 22, 2022 2pm Pacific CONTACT: RJI staff restorativejusticeinternational@charter.net Restorative Justice International (RJI) announced today it will endorse San Francisco District Chesa Boudin for the second time. District Attorney Boudin faces a recall election on June 7th in
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin: RJI podcast with Lisa Rea & Jeffrey Deskovic (U.S.)-April 14, 2022
Today's RJI podcast is with San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin. The podcast is co-moderated by RJI President Lisa Rea and Jeffrey Deskovic, Deskovic Foundation, who sits on RJI's Global Advisory Council. Deskovic was exonerated for a crime he did
Miroslav Volf: War in Ukraine: Theological & Moral Reflections (April 2022)
RJI is glad to share the following podcast with you from Dr. Miroslav Volf at the Yale Center for Faith and Culture at Yale University Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut. Miroslav is a Croatian Protestant theologian. He is also
Global Advisory Council Meets to Discuss Ukraine & Restorative Justice-March 17, 2022
The following is a meeting of RJI's Global Advisory Council (GAC) which convened virtually on March 17, 2022 at 8:00am Pacific. The topic for discussion was Ukraine, and restorative justice as the way forward towards peace. Participants included the following:
RJI Statement on Ukraine: Need for Restorative Justice-March 7, 2022
March 7, 2022 11:30am Pacific Restorative Justice International (RJI) supports the sovereignty of nations. When there is conflict of any kind between people or nations, RJI supports the use of restorative justice principles in response to those conflicts. Through restorative justice