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Reparation, Participation, and Justice for Victims: The VicTory Project’s Kick-off Meeting
Due to the growing polarisation and normalisation of hate, those impacted by it often face difficulties in coming forward to receive the needed reparation and compensation.
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VicTory Project Launches First Co-Joint Panel to Address Victims’ Needs and Practitioner Challenge
On May 27th, 2025, the VicTory Project hosted its first co-joint panel, uniting leading experts, practitioners, and key stakeholders to focus on the often-overlooked needs of victims impacted by hate crimes and (violent) extremism incidents.
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VicTory Project’s Second Co-Joint Panel Focuses on Designing Solutions to Address Needs and Gaps
Held on June 3rd, 2025, and building on the success of the first panel, this second event gathering brought together experts, practitioners, and representatives from key institutions to examine how restorative practices can strengthen support for victims.
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Portuguese National Workshop on Multi-Agency CooperationOn July 9th, 2025, the Portuguese partners of the VicTory Project, IPS_Innovative Prison Systems, Faculdade de Direito da Universidade do Porto, and ILGA Portugal, hosted a national workshop in Lisbon, aimed at strengthening multi-agency cooperation to improve support for victims of hate crimes and extremism.
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First in-person international event: VicTory’s Cross-Country Cooperation Seminar in Bilbao
On the 18th of November 2025, the VicTory project hosted its first in-person international event, which brought together criminal justice professionals, restorative justice practitioners, law enforcement representatives, victim support workers and civil society organisations in Bilbao, Spain.
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Information and networking together: VicTory's Information Repository
Knowledge only makes a difference when it reaches the people who can act on it. That is the idea behind the VicTory Information Repository — the project's online space that brings together, in one place, the resources, tools, and materials developed to support a restorative and victim-centred response to hate crime and (violent) extremism.
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Multi-agency cooperation: Its importance and launch of the handbook
Hate and extremism are complex challenges, which cannot be solved in isolation. This is especially pressing when thinking about how to support the persons impacted by it, ensuring that they do not fall through the cracks of the system.
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Restorative Encounters:
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Exchanging experiences towards empowerment
The VicTory project just concluded its three in-person training events, gathering professionals coming from law enforcement, judicial authorities, civil society and policy-making from all the partners countries.
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