Oct 11, 2006

Restorative Justice seminar in Sarajevo

Dear Madam or Sir,

We are very pleased to invite you to participate in the International Seminar *'Restoring Justice: another way of dealing with the post-war situation in **Bosnia and Herzegovina* *?' *which we are organising. The Seminar will take place on the 27th and the 28th of October 2006 at the Faculty of Criminal Justice Sciences of the University of Sarajevo.

Our aim in this seminar is to contribute to the current debate on how to deal with the past in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We would like to introduce the notion of restorative justice in this debate and to explore, through the presentations and joint discussions, the potential of a restorative approach to dealing with the past in Bosnia and Herzegovina in such a way that it may promote justice, sustainable peace and the rebuilding of trust.

This Seminar is part of the wider framework of a research project currently carried out at and funded by the University of Leuven entitled 'Restorative Justice and Mass Victimisation. Case studies in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. ' The Seminar is organised by the research team of the Law and Society Institute (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium) working on this project: Prof. Dr. Stephan Parmentier (promoter), Prof. Dr. Elmar Weitekamp (co-promoter) , Marta Valiñas (researcher) , and Almir Maljevic (consultant) , in co-operation with the Faculty of Criminal Justice Sciences of the University of Sarajevo.

You will find attached the programme of the Seminar. We would like to request you to fill in the *Registration Form* also in attachment in case you wish to participate in this Seminar. Simultaneous translation from English into Bosnian and vice-versa will be available. Lunch will be provided for the participants of the Seminar.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Marta Valiñas at marta.valinas@ law.kuleuven. be or Almir Maljevic at AMaljevic@fknbih. edu, or alternatively at the following fax number: + 387 33 665 461 (addressed to Maljevi´c Almir). You can also find more information at the following websites: www.transitionaljus tice.be or www.fknbih.edu.

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