Restorative justice making headway in Spain under the impetus of the Spanish section of GEMME The 5th Congress of Mediation and Restorative Justice, held on 19 and 20 June 2024, and the Restorative Justice Strategic Plan for Catalonia, presented on 7 June, are the most recent activities in which the president of GEMME Spain, the…
The Polish section of GEMME received the prestigious “Ambassador of Mediation” award from the (Polish) National Chamber of Legal Advisors. On 14 June in Warsaw took place the gala organised by the National Chamber of Legal Advisors (Krajowa Rada Radców Prawnych (KRRP)) where Agnieszka Owczarewicz (President of GEMME Polska) and Monika Włodarczyk (Vice-President of GEMME)…
“Propelling courtroom disputes into mediation” GEMME Ireland event on 3rd July 2024 GEMME Ireland and the specialist Bar ADR Committee organized an event entitled “Propelling courtroom disputes into mediation” which took place on Wednesday 3 July. It was a hybrid event with attendees having the option to attend in-person or join virtually. (In the picture…
GEMME General Assemblies May 24 and 25, 2024 Paris On Friday 24 May 2024, GEMME held its general assemblies in the Grand Chamber of the Cour de Cassation, the venue where it was founded in 2003. The day was marked by academic debates and round tables on the role of the supreme courts and mediation…
GEMME Switzerland will celebrate its 20th anniversary on 20 September 2024 in Neuchâtel This is a celebration in which all GEMME members, whether from Switzerland or other national sections, are invited to take part. The day will begin at 8.30am with a training session for GEMME members only, followed by a colloquium open to all…
GEMME took part in the 32nd World Forum of Mediation Centres in London The meeting took place from 4 to 6 April 2024. It is a meeting of the Officers of the World’s Leading Commercial Mediation Centres. The Forum was presented by the UIA (Union Internationale des Avocats) with the support of the Centre for…
Nearly 300 participants attended the webinar in French or the webinar in Dutch on the law of 19 December 2023 on conciliation and the generalisation of CRAs, organised simultaneously on 20 February 2024 by Gemme Belgium. The programme of the webinar in French was as follows: – Presentation by Cathérine Delforge, Professor at the Université…
The book “GEMME: 20 years promoting mediation in Europe” is now available. Today, March 19, 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the registration of GEMME’s Declaration as an Association at the Prefecture of Police in Paris. On this occasion we present the book that summarizes the most important milestones of GEMME in these first two…
Recording of the event “Restorative justice in Ireland: The role of the courts in maximising access” GEMME Ireland hosted an in person and online event at The Bar of Ireland on Thursday 21st March 2024. The event was of interest to members of the judiciary and court actors who wish to better understand the benefits…
GEMME’s German section now has its own website It is with great pleasure that we announce that GEMME Deutchland has a new website. A new site to provide information about GEMME’s activities (whether in Europe or in Germany) in German. We reproduce below the welcome letter of Camilla Hölzer, the first First Chairwoman of GEMME…