Source: (2000) VOMA Connections 5 (Spring): 6, 11.
Katrien Lauwaert and Ivo Aertsen report on the first conference of the European Forum for Victim-Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice. The conference, held in October 1999 in Leuven, Belgium, was titled âVictim-Offender Mediation in Europe: Making Restorative Justice Work.â? Coming from many countries in Europe and elsewhere, approximately 150 people attended. As part of their report, the authors summarize the history and current state of victim-offender mediation (VOM) in Europe, as well as the formation and aims of the European Forum for Victim-Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice.