Rapporteur-Facilitation-Public Speaking
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2022
Chair & Keynote Speaker, RJ4All International Institute, The RJ4All annual international conference 2022, London
2021
Keynote Speaker, Restorative Justice Council 3rd Annual Conference, online
Professorial Inaugural Lecture, Race, Power and Justice, University of East London, London
Keynote Speaker, Alberta Restorative Justice Association, 15th annual Alberta Restorative Justice Conference, online
2020
Chair & Keynote Speaker, European youth voices at International conference on violent youth radicalisation: “Stop managing us!”, London
Live television interview on RT on violent youth radicalisation, January 2020
2019
Rapporteur and Keynote Speaker, European Academy for Youth Work, 7 National Agencies (Italy, Finland, Lithuania, Belgium-Flanders, Germany, Austria, Slovenia), SALTO-YOUTH and EC-CoE Youth, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.
Chair & Organiser, 7th IARS International Conference: European Youth Leading the way for employment & education, London
Organiser, Culture & Art for Unity Exhibition, London.
2018
Rapporteur for Europe, 18th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights, “Human Rights and Prevention of Violent Extremism”, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Keynote speaker, “Social Inclusion & New Technologies“, Mediterranean Migration Network, Cyprus.
Keynote speaker and organiser, “Restorative art through children’s’ eyes, Black History Month, UK.
Speaker, Council of Europe and European Commission Seminar “on Radicalisation Prevention: Focus on Deradicalisation Programmes and Strategies, Brussels, Belgium.
Keynote Speaker, Africa Union Commission, “2nd Intercontinental Youth Forum Interfaith Dialogue on Violent Extremism”, i-Dove project, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Keynote speaker, “Restorative Justice & Radicalisation: From theory to practice”, the 2nd Biennial International conference on Restorative Justice, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Keynote speaker, The Prevention of Youth Radicalisation, University of Modena, Italy.
Chair & Organiser, 6th IARS International Conference: European Community Voices stronger together – Abused & Stigmatised No More, London, UK
2017
Keynote speaker, Race, Power and Young Carers in Europe: New evidence and directions, 2nd International Young Carers Conference, Malmo, Sweden.
Keynote speaker, The terrorist within & restorative justice, Conflict in Europe: Meeting the challenge IIRP Conference, Dublin, Ireland
Keynote speaker, A user led approach to radicalisation: An alternative vision for social cohesion, MARGIN Horizon2020 project, EC, Budapest, Hungary.
Chair & Organiser, 5th IARS International Conference: Youth-led solution to unemployment – The voices of young, marginalised carers, London, UK.
2016
Expert Witness, Justice Select Committee, House of Commons, Restorative Justice Inquiry, UK
Keynote speaker, Shaping the European Educational Agenda from the Bottom-up, Cyprus
Keynote speaker and Public Lecture, Restorative Justice in Europe: Lessons for Canada, University of Alberta and European Union Centre of Excellence, Alberta, Canada.
Co-organiser, 3rd International Symposium on Restorative Justice, Skopelos, Greece
2015
Keynote speaker, Putting Victims of Crime First: A New Approach to Transform Victims’ Experience of the Criminal Justice System, UK.
Keynote speaker, Race Inequalities, the Criminal Justice System and Restorative Justice, Eastern Mennonite University, Washington, USA.
Keynote speaker, Ministry of Interior, Uruguay, Reforming the Criminal Justice system through restorative justice, Montevideo, Uruguay
Chair, Addressing Hate Crime through Restorative Justice, International Question Time, London, UK
Keynote speaker, The Victims’ Directive, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK.
Speaker, EU seminar on domestic violence and restorative justice, JUST, Hannover, Germany
Keynote speaker at the Restorative Justice Extending Empathy workshops (February, May, July), St. Martins School of Arts, Arts Council project UK.
Chair & Organiser, 4th IARS International Conference: Community-led solutions to gender inequality, victimisation and offending, London, UK.
2014
Speaker, Expert meeting Council of Europe – European Union Youth Partnership, Mapping the Barriers to Social Inclusion of Young People in Vulnerable Situations, Strasbourg, France
Co-organiser, 2nd International Symposium on Restorative Justice: Race & Power, Skopelos, Greece
Speaker, Expert International Seminar, “Sexual Abuse in the church and other institutional settings”, International Institute of the Sociology of Law – Onǎti, Spain
Chair & Organiser, 3rd IARS International Conference: A victim-led criminal justice system? London, UK
2013
Keynote speaker, National Association of Probation Officers AGM, “Race equality in the criminal justice system and probation”, UK.
Keynote speaker, Association of Black Probation Officers, “Improving outcomes for BME probation users”, UK.
Keynote speaker, The Fourth US National Restorative Justice Conference, USA
Keynote speaker, Race in Probation, London Probation Trust, UK
Keynote speaker – EU funded 3ERJ Project for a European Strategy on Restorative Justice, Greece.
Chair & Organiser, 2nd IARS International Conference: Listening community evidence: Race, Gender & Restorative Justice, London, UK.
2012
Liz Elliot Annual Memorial Lecture, “Restorative Punishment, Simon Fraser University, Canada
International Seminars “Restorative Justice in the UK”, Universidat Central, Iquique – La Serena – Santiago, Chile
Keynote speaker, Universidat Central de Chile, Centre of Mediation & Arbitration, Law School, “Social Disturbances and Restorative Justice”, Santiago, Chile
Keynote Speaker, “Community Justice & Transforming Conflict”, GlobalNet21, House of Commons, UK
Chair & Organiser, 1st IARS Internrtional Conference “Community-led Solutions to Crime”, London, UK.
Co-organiser, 1st International Symposium on Restorative Justice & Human Rights, Skopellos, Greece.
Speaker – EU funded 3ERJ Project for a European Strategy on Restorative Justice, Athens, Greece
Welch Community Award, keynote-speaker, Simon Fraser University “Restorative Justice & riots”, Vancouver, Canada
Keynote speaker, Restore Vancouver Dinner Dialogue, Vancouver Association of Restorative Justice, Vancouver, Canada
Keynote speaker, Mediation & Restorative Justice in Prison Settings, EU funded conference, Hungary
2011
Organiser and keynote speaker, Restorative Justice & the Secure Estate conference, IARS, London, UK
UK representative – EU funded 3ERJ Project for a European Strategy on Restorative Justice, Greece
Keynote speaker, The recession, criminality & the role of restorative justice, ROTARY, Volos, Greece
Speaker, Rethinking Crime & Punishment, European Society of Criminology, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Keynote speaker, Reclaiming Justice for Communities through Restorative Approaches, London, UK
2010
Keynote Speaker, Panteion University of Athens, 60 years from the European Convention on Human Rights, Athens, Greece
Keynote Speaker, Educaloi – Canadian Ministry of Justice conference on plain language and the law, Montreal, Canada
Speaker, Anne Frank “What country do you want” fringe event, Conservative Party Conference, UK.
Speaker, European Society of Criminology annual conference, Belgium
Keynote speaker, UK College of Mediators conference, UK.
Keynote speaker, Positive Action-Community Cohesion, Institute of Education, University of London, UK
Keynote speaker, Tackling gang and group-led violence, Capita annual conference, UK.
Keynote speaker, How Select Committees work, House of Commons, UK.
Keynote speaker, Cutting the cost of crime conference, House of Commons, UK
Speaker, Public Legal Education national conference, PLENET – Advice UK, UK.
2009
Trainer for British Council Young Arab Network – Arab Identity Research Project, Beirut, Lebanon.
Chair, London Serious Youth Violence Prevention Board Summit, UK.
Speaker, Westminster Briefing event on the Single Equality Bill, UK.
Evidence to the House of Commons on the Single Equality Bill, UK.
Speaker at the European Best Practices of restorative justice in the criminal procedure conference, Budapest, Hungary.
Research methods trainer, British Council, Middle East Project, Cairo, Egypt.
2008:
Evidence to the Human Rights Inquiry Panel of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, UK.
Chair and Keynote speaker at the Regional BIHR Human Rights Conference, London, UK
Keynote speaker, C.I.T.A.S Annual conference, London UK
Keynote speaker, Hate Crime Symposium, Middlesex University, UK.
2007:
Chair, EU – Equal homelessness conference, London, UK
Keynote speaker, Wave Trust conference “No need for Guns, Gangs or Knives”, London, UK.
Equal Conference, Speaker on “Hidden dimensions of BAME homelessness”, Budapest, Hungary.
NACRO national conference, speaker on “The Gung, gang and knife culture in the UK”, London, UK.
Stockholm Criminology Symposium, HEUNI guest lecturer, Sweden.
Evidence to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Inquiry into the treatment of older people by healthcare services, House of Commons, UK.
2006:
ROTA, LVSC, LCF, BIHR London conference on the regional presence of the Commission for Equality & Human Rights, Organiser and panellist, London, UK.
Equal conference ‘Multiple disadvantages, integrated approaches’, Paper presenter, Hungary, Budapest
Organiser of the conference ‘Human Rights in Education’, Department for Constitutional Affairs, UK.
2004:
City University Conference ‘Prisons and penal Policy: International perspectives’, paper presenter, UK.
2003
Annual National Socio-legal Studies Association Conference (SLSA), paper presenter, Bristol, UK.
British Society of Criminology and Restorative Justice Consortium Conference, Workshop leader, UK.
2002
British Society of Criminology Conference, paper presenter, Keele, UK.
Annual National Socio-legal Studies Association Conference (SLSA), paper presenter, Aberystwyth, UK.
Effective Restorative Justice Conference, Workshop leader, University of Leicester, UK.