Animalising restorative justice? At the crossroads of interspecies justice and non-violence

Authors

  • Gema Varona Martinez University of the Basque Country

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58725/rivjr.v3i2.120

Keywords:

restorative justice, interspecies justice, more-than-human, non-violence, sensory criminology, cultural criminology

Abstract

Within the theoretical framework of green victimology and considering previous and ongoing empirical research, this analytical contribution offers a critical look at restorative justice to propose the need to rethink its values, principles, terminology and dynamics to address, in particular, the harms to non-human animals in all its diversity. After a section on the difficulties of integrating environmental and animal claims in the field of restorative justice, a general proposal of revising threshold concepts and processes will be presented. Finally, some conclusions will be driven in relation to the need of a cultural movement that supports an ecological and animal understanding of law.

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Published

2025-08-22

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2025): Revista Internacional de Vitimologia e Justiça Restaurativa

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Artigos

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