This conference is the final event of the Daphne Project JUST/2011/DAP/AG/3350 financed by the European Commission and entitled ‘Developing integrated responses to sexual violence: an interdisciplinary research project on the potential of restorative justice’ and it will take place from the 12 to 14  November 2014, in Leuven (Belgium) at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven).

The conference aims not only to disseminate the preliminary results of this project but also to gather a number of world experts from academia, practice and policy on the topic. Based on the presentation of original papers, the conference offers a forum for discussion and exchange of ideas for the possible further development of restorative justice (RJ) in the field of sexual violence (SV).