Geraldine Van Bueren

Geraldine Van Bueren is a British international human rights lawyer. She is Professor Emerita of International Human Rights Law at Queen Mary University of London and a barrister. Quotes The Beijing Rules recommend that States should make efforts to provide for community programmes such as temporary supervision and guidance, restitution and compensation of victims. One partial consequence of the promotion of diversion has been the increasing emphasis being placed on the value of restorative justice programmes with respect to child offenders. Restorative justice is a process by which the parties affected by a specific offence can sit down in order to try and establish a way to repair the harm that has been done. This may be through, for example, monetary repayment, an apology or community service. The restorative justice process has a number of potential benefits. It is relatively inexpensive and eases the burden on criminal justice systems. It provides a way in which young offenders have to face the victims of crime and recognize the effects their actions will have had on another. It also means that child offenders will not have the stigma of convictions on their records. "Article 40: Child Criminal Justice", in A. Alen, J. Vande Lanotte, E. Verhellen, F. Ang, E. Berghmans and M. Verheyde (eds.) A Commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Leiden and Boston: Martinus Nijhoff, 2006), ch. 3, p. 29 External links Category:Lawyers from England Category:Women in law Category:University of London alumni Category:Living people