Source: (2004) Paper presented at the Third Conference of the European Forum for Victim-Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice, “Restorative Justice in Europe: Where are we heading?”, Budapest, Hungary, 14-16 October. Downloaded 24 May 2005.
It is clear that in practice the success of mediation programmes in most European countries depends entirely on
the co-operation of legal practitioners. This co-operation is important for the selection and referral of suitable
cases, for taking into account the results of mediation and for safeguarding the necessary legal rights of the
parties
Is it possible to develop a short training programme for legal professionals that could have impact on their
knowledge, skills and attitudes?
Is it possible that a short training programme could help prosecutor and judges start seeing mediation as an
option and know how to integrate it into their daily work? (excerpt)
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