XIIIth Conference of the World Mediation Forum

Gema Varona Martínez (Madrid, 1969) is director of the Basque Institute of Criminology/Kriminologiaren Euskal Institutua (Donostia/San Sebastián, University of the Basque Country), where she coordinates the Laboratory of Theory and Practice of Restorative Justice (https://www.ehu.eus/es/web/ivac/sarrera), which directs the Technical Secretariat of the Basque Forum of Restorative Justice promoted by the Basque Government. member of the Basque Academy of Science, PhD in Law, Diploma in Criminology and Master in Legal Sociology, she teaches Criminal Policy and Victimology at the Faculty of Law (UPV/EHU), co-directs the Postgraduate course “Working with victims” (UPV/EHU) and is co-editor of the Journal of Victimology/Journal of Victimology. Principal researcher in several projects (among them, in addition to those on interpersonal, political and environmental violence, currently one of the Ministry of Science on institutional victimisation), she is president of the World Society of Victimology, and author of monographs, chapters and articles in specialized journals (her most recent publications can be found at https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2794-2239

Mediation and RJ trainer and Emeritus Professor at KU Leuven (Belgium). https://www.kuleuven.be/wieiswie/en/person/00002656

PhD in Criminology from the Université Catholique de Louvain (2011), Master’s degree in Economic Sciences from the Université Catholique de Louvain (1988), teaching qualification degree from the Catholic University of Louvain (1992), and Bachelor’s degree in Criminology from the Université Catholique de Louvain (1992). He is currently a Full Professor at the University of the State of Bahia, a collaborating professor at the Federal University of Bahia, a collaborating professor at the Federal University of the Recôncavo of Bahia, and a Full Professor at the State University of Feira de Santana. He has experience in the field of Law, with an emphasis on Criminology, working mainly on the following topics: criminology, human rights, juvenile delinquency, modern penal rationality, and education. http://lattes.cnpq.br/4640334021348071

Jurist, philosopher, and criminologist, his research fields lie at the intersection of these three disciplines, combining theoretical approaches and empirical research. Emeritus Professor at the Catholic University of Louvain Saint-Louis Brussels. (https://cesir.uclouvain.be/cartuyvels-yves)

Certified mediator and trainer, accredited by the ISTC (Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation - USA)

Professor of Criminal Law. President honoraire. Basque Institute of Criminology. University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) Honorary President of the International Association of Penal Law (AIDP-IAPL). President of the Basque Council for the Participation of Victims of Terrorism. - Academic Degrees Doctor in Law (UPV/EHU), 1981. Extraordinary Doctorate Award. Extraordinary Degree Award (1977). Caja de Ahorros Provincial de Gipuzkoa Award. Second National Prize for the Completion of University Studies (Law). Higher Diploma in Criminology (Complutense University of Madrid), 1979. - Awards and recognitions Doctor honoris causa . University of Iasi (Romania), University of Huánuco and Universidad Autónoma de Perú (Peru). Honorable Professor, Northwest University of Politics and Law (Xi'an; China), 2006. Euskadi Research Award (2009) * Academies Full member. Jakiunde Full Friend. Real Sociedad Bascongada de Amigos del País (Royal Basque Society of Friends of the Country). Corresponding Member. Mexican Academy of Criminal Sciences

Journalist, writer, translator, and President of the José Saramago Foundation, Pilar del Río was born in Seville. She began her career as a journalist at the Seville-based radio station La Voz del Guadalquivir and at Triunfo magazine, later working for Televisión Española, Canal Sur, and Cadena Ser. In 1986, reading the novel Baltasar and Blimunda profoundly moved her, leading her to seek out its author and future husband, José Saramago. She subsequently became his translator, rendering numerous works by the Nobel Prize–winning author into Spanish. As President of the José Saramago Foundation, she maintains a strong commitment to promoting the moral and ethical principles expressed by the Portuguese writer in his work.

Emeritus Director of Research at the CNRS (Centre Emile Durkheim, Sciences Po Bordeaux), mediation trainer, practice group analyst, member of the National Mediation Council. https://shs.cairn.info/publications-de-jacques-faget--9665?lang=en&tab=apercu

Doctora en Derecho Penal por la Universidad del País Vasco. Amplia experiencia profesional en la atención a víctimas de delitos y a la facilitación de procesos restaurativos, como jurista de los Servicios de Cooperación con la Justicia del Gobierno Vasco durante más de dos décadas. En la actualidad profesora del Departamento de Derecho Penal de la UPV/EHU y miembro del Laboratorio de Teoría y Práctica de Justicia Restaurativa.

Emeritus Professor (RTA) at the School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, University College Dublin. She is a criminologist, restorative justice practitioner, forensic psychotherapist, and registered social worker. https://people.ucd.ie/marie.keenan (See also: https://themeetingfilm.com/ )

David B. Moore specializes in conflict management and constructive communication. He holds postgraduate degrees in political and economic history and psychosocial theory. David taught history and politics at Melbourne University and Charles Sturt University, where he also coordinated Justice Studies and was centrally involved in pioneering reforms using the Conferencing process in justice and education systems. He worked in the Queensland Premier’s Department before co-founding Transformative Justice Australia in 1995. From 1996 - 2002, David taught with TJA in Australia, North America and Europe, and provided conflict management services for Australian organisations. This work inspired David Williamson’s The Jack Manning Trilogy (1999-2001). David’s publications include Transforming Conflict (2000), The Jack Manning Trilogy: A study guide (2003) and Setting Relations Right in Restorative Practice (2023) with Alikki Vernon.

He holds a PhD and is a Professor of Social Work at the University of the Basque Country (EHU). He has professional experience as a social worker (1998–2011) in residential care for incarcerated individuals and young people in conflict with the law, as well as experience as a mediator and facilitator in public family mediation and restorative justice services of the Basque Government. He also has experience facilitating restorative processes in cases involving terrorism and sexual abuse within religious institutions. https://www.ehu.eus/es/web/graduak/grado-trabajo-social/profesorado?p_redirect=fichaPDI&p_idp=174507

Licenciada en Derecho. Máster en Gestión y Resolución de Conflictos: mediación por la Universidad de Barcelona. Curso de especialidad universitaria en intervención social con perspectiva sexológica en Isesus. Ha trabajado durante diez años como mediadora en los servicios públicos de mediación familiar y justicia restaurativa del Gobierno Vasco y Catalán. Ha participado como facilitadora de procesos de justicia restaurativa en victimización sexual. Es miembro del Laboratorio de teoría y práctica de la justicia restaurativa del Instituto Vasco de Criminología. Se ha formado en temas relacionados con la comunicación y el acompañamiento: C.N.V, Practitioner en P.N.L, Coaching sistémico, supervisión, sistémica, círculos de diálogo restaurativo y de reparación del daño, entre otros.

Psychologist graduated from the Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM). Master’s degree from the Graduate Program in Psychology at the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (FFCLRP-USP), with a research internship at the University of New Hampshire, USA; PhD in Psychology from the University of São Paulo, with a research internship at the University of the Basque Country, Spain; Member of the CNPq research group DIALOG: Laboratory for Research in Dialogical and Collaborative Practices (USP-RP). Member of the Laboratory of Theory and Practice of Restorative Justice (LJR) of the Basque Institute of Criminology (IVAC-KREI), University of the Basque Country (Spain). Conflict Conciliator and Mediator, with an emphasis on Team Mediation. She has practical and research experience in the following areas: Social Constructionism; Single-Session Narrative Therapy; Dialogue Facilitation and Conflict Transformation; Restorative Justice. Contact: leticiatvidotto@gmail.com