Restora­tive Jus­tice Week will be ob­served in T&T and around the world from No­vem­ber 13 to 19.Com­ing af­ter the first Me­di­a­tion Week in T&T, it has been ob­served lo­cal­ly dur­ing the third week of No­vem­ber every year since 2003.Caribbean Um­brel­la Body For Restora­tive Be­hav­iour (CURB), a net­work of NGOs, which has spear­head­ed the week's ac­tiv­i­ties since 2005, has se­lect­ed the theme, "Rais­ing the Stan­dards", for this year's ob­ser­vance.

The ac­tiv­i­ties will ex­plore a range of per­ti­nent top­ics, in­clud­ing vic­tims' rights and the me­dia; what works in restor­ing of­fend­ers; restor­ing com­mu­ni­ties; me­di­at­ing gang dis­putes; and best prac­tices in restor­ing crime sur­vivors and their loved ones.The week is the re­sult of col­lab­o­ra­tion among CURB, the Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies and sev­er­al non-prof­it and com­mu­ni­ty-based or­gan­i­sa­tions.

The pub­lic is in­vit­ed to at­tend the open events which will be held at the Port-of-Spain City Hall next Mon­day and Tues­day from 8.30 am.Of par­tic­u­lar in­ter­est on Tues­day is a pan­el dis­cus­sion on vic­tims' rights and the me­dia which will ex­am­ine the need for a code of con­duct for me­dia hous­es as they seek to re­port on crime and of­fend­ing in T&T.

Lim­it­ed seat­ing al­so is avail­able to mem­bers of the pub­lic wish­ing to at­tend the me­di­at­ing gang dis­putes sym­po­sium at the UWI next Wednes­day.