Resolution No. 2 on The Social Mission of the Criminal Justice System – Restorative Justice.

Source: (2005) In Conclusions and Resolutions of the Conference, Report by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, at the 26th Conference of European Ministers of Justice, Helsinki, 7-8 April. Council of Europe, MJU 26(2005)ConclE. Downloaded 9 September 2005.

THE MINISTERS participating in the 26th Conference of European Ministers of Justice
(Helsinki, 7 and 8 April 2005); …
15. AGREE on the importance of promoting the restorative justice approach in their
criminal justice systems;
16. ENCOURAGE the continuing work of the European Committee for Crime
Problems (CDPC) in:
•updating the European Prison Rules;
•addressing the needs of victims of crime, including victims of terrorism and
of serious violations of international humanitarian law;
•examining means of enhancing crime prevention policies;