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US Announces it Will Not Support Development of UN Basic Principles on Use of Restorative Justice.

Van Ness, Daniel W
June 4, 2015

Source: (2001) Restorative Justice Online August 2001 Edition.

In a speech made during meetings of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, a US representative said that the US does not support development of basic principles on restorative justice, although it does feel that restorative measures are useful in appropriate cases.

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