Dr. Theo Gavrielides
Aug 12, 2016
The Death of Democracy and the Forces of Power and Control
Here in the UK, we are grabbling with our government's decision to abandon our EU membership. As the country is divided and hate...
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Dr. Theo Gavrielides
Jul 8, 2016
Human Rights and Business: How reconcilable are they?
Open Letter to Rt Hon Harriet Harman MP: Parliamentary Inquiry into human rights and business Dear Rt Hon Harman, I am pleased to submit...
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Dr. Theo Gavrielides
Jul 3, 2016
Another race review of the criminal justice system?
In January 2016, the Prime Minister invited David Lammy MP to find out why official figures show that Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic...
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Dr. Theo Gavrielides
May 7, 2016
The real world crisis & restorative justice
Governments around the world, the media and many intellectuals had us convinced that we are living a period when financial resources are...
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Dr. Theo Gavrielides
Apr 26, 2016
Restorative Justice in the British Parliament
Last week, I was called to give oral evidence before the House of Commons' Justice Committee on the effectiveness of restorative justice...
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Dr. Theo Gavrielides
Feb 14, 2016
Addressing the Paradox of Restorative Justice: The Victims’ Directive & the collapse of labels “
National laws do not exist in a vacuum. Independently of whether we subscribe to national law theory or legal positivism, we must accept...
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Dr. Theo Gavrielides
Feb 5, 2016
Restorative Justice: From Theory to Practice
Over the last thirty years, restorative justice has caused a phenomenon of global interest stemming from a number of different...
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Dr. Theo Gavrielides
Nov 15, 2015
Black International Restorative Justice Week: Gavrielides' #rjweek blog 2015
Since 2012, I have been writing an annual commentary for "Restorative Justice Week", originally introduced in 1996 by the Correctional...
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Dr. Theo Gavrielides
Oct 17, 2015
Hate and Restorative Justice
In the UK, 10-17 October 2015 was National Hate Crime Awareness Week. This initiative was set up in the hope that society, politicians,...
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Dr. Theo Gavrielides
Aug 31, 2015
Race equality & the paradox of restorative justice
Some argue that one of the reasons that restorative justice was brought back into the modern world of policy and practice is the growing...
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Dr. Theo Gavrielides
Mar 5, 2015
Another Report about Victims - Another Disappointment for the most Vulnerable
In January, I openly spoke about the Victims’ Commissioner, Baroness Newlove, first major review looking at compliance with the Victims’...
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Dr. Theo Gavrielides
Feb 27, 2015
Moving Victims to the Centre: True or False?
Recently, we have witnessed some serious attempts by international and national players to bring victims to the centre of the criminal...
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