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IARS' Director Dr. Theo Gavrielides was in Vancouver, Canada from May 5th - 12th 2012, to promote IARS work on the application of restorative justice in response to the riots in Vancouver and London. The activities are based on a joint IARS - Simon Fraser University research project on restorative justice and street group violence.

Following the Positive for Youth consultation response drafted by the IARS Youth Policy Response Group earlier this year, Department for Education Minister Tim

 The deadline has recently passed for responding to the Commission on a Bill of Rights consultation titled Do we need a UK Bill of Rights? The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (“EHCR”)

In my last post on 19 August 2011, I commented on the riots that took place in English cities.

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The nationwide riots of August 2011 were well documented and cited as being indicative of a ‘Broken Britain’. The importance placed on these events has been such that the investigation into the contributing factors behind the riots has become a topic of utmost importance.

IARS writes to give its supprot to the new Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service, Mr. Hogan-Howe

"Dear Mr Hogan-Howe,

IARS is currently running a new 99% Campaign poster on London's Tube and Overground network in partnership with the Mayor's Offce and Transport for London, as part of our aim to promote a positive image of young people.

The riots that started in Tottenham, London on 6^thAugust and spread throughout London and England for the subsequent 3 days,could not have been predicted. Initially people thought that the shooting of police suspect Mark Duggan had sparked community tensions that eventually boiled over.

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