RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
AND POST-PRISON SUPPORT
The work of this Committee will include social justice issues relating to
- The Government’s policy on Crime and Terrorism
- Crime & violence in its various and ever changing forms
(terrorism, exaggerated nationalism, war, disarmament,
landmines, the arms trade, international security, nuclear threat,
corruption etc.)
- Strategies for promoting peace
- Civil and human rights
- Restorative justice/mediation/victims’ rights
- Conflict resolution
- Capital Punishment
- Gun control
- Policing/Police Reform
- Prison conditions/prison reform/alternatives to custody
- Prison ministry
- Juvenile justice
- Supporting the Spiritan Community to establish a rehabilitation
centre
- The Criminal Justice System e.g. sentencing/social justice issues
relating to Civil Law
- Pornography e.g. on the internet
What does our church say?
“Responsibility Rehabilitation and Restoration: A Catholic Perspective
on Crime and Criminal Justice”
- US Bishops document
“John Paul II message for the Jubilee in Prisons”
 John
Paul II Day of Peace message January 1 2002 on Forgiveness.
- 39 K
Crime
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The government’s plan’s for the Crime situation “National Security”
- Article from the height of the crime wave in 2003
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What has the commission been doing.
UWI Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice.
DATES TO TAKE NOTE OF |
29 May |
International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers |
26 June |
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International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
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United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of
Torture
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21 September |
International Day of Peace |
25 November |
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women |
Restorative Justice Week held November 16 - 23, 2003
Prayer Vigil
Date: Monday November 17, 2003
Theme: "Pathways to a Strengthened Community"
Venue: St Francis of Assisi RC Church, Brierley Street, Sangre Grande
Seminar: Developing new approaches to T&T's Criminal Justice System
Date: Friday November 21, 2003
Venue: Flamingo Room, Hilton Hotel, Port of Spain
Discussion Paper
Appendix 1 - Some Options
Appendix 2 - Retributive and Restorative Assumptions
Appendix 3 - Supplemental Paper
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AGENDA |
3.00.- 3.10 |
Welcome and opening remarks by His Grace, Archbishop Edward
J. Gilbert, Archbishop of Port of Spain |
3.10 - 3.25 |
Presentation of Discussion Paper by Leela Ramdeen, Episcopal Delegate/Chair
of CCSJ.
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| 3.25 – 3.30 |
Outline of CCSJ’s ‘Walk Tall’ pre-release/post-release
programme: Fr Matthew D’Hereaux, Chair of CCSJ’s Restorative
Justice & Post Prison Support Standing Committee.
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| 3.30 – 4.30 |
Questions/comments/discussion Moderator: Rev. Fr. Henry Charles |
4.30 – 4.35 |
Closing remarks by Leela Ramdeen |
| 4.35 – 5.00 |
Refreshments. |
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What
the Archbishop has to say (An Archdiocesan Conversation about
crime and violence - Pastoral Letter)
