The EFRJ aims to help establish and develop victim-offender mediation and other restorative justice practices throughout Europe.

The EFRJ is a non-governmental organisation launched in 2000 and composed by individual and organizational members. Its main objectives are:

• Stimulating (and coordinating) research
• Networking, building cooperation and awareness raising amongst restorative justice practitioners, policy makers, legal practitioners (prosecutors, judges and lawyers), researchers, students
• Lobbying

Activities include research, organisation of events (conferences, summer schools, seminars, awareness campaigns, etc.), the maintainance of our memebrship, communication and awareness.