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Canada to Propose UN Adoption of Declaration of Basic Principles On Restorative Justice.

Van Ness, Daniel W
June 4, 2015

Source: (2002) Restorative Justice Online. April 2002 Edition. Washington, DC: Prison Fellowship International.

The Government of Canada will introduce a resolution this month calling for UN adoption of the Declaration of Basic Principles on the Use of Restorative Justice Programmes in Criminal Matters. This action will take place at the Eleventh Session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, meeting in Vienna from 16-26 April 2002.

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