On Monday (August 23rd), classes started for the Training course for Facilitators of Peacebuilding Circles for Less Complex Situations.
Promoted by the Superior School of the Judges of the State of Tocantins, the course is held in the distance learning modality, with 36 hours and aims to train participants to act as facilitators and multipliers of restorative practices, with a theoretical and practical focus, in order to structure the restorative program implemented by the Court of Justice. 25 vacancies were made available, with the target public being professionals from basic education.
About the Professors
Leoberto Narciso Brancher
Leoberto Brancher, 50, has been a Law Judge for 22 years, currently working at the Regional Court for Children and Youth in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, where he also coordinates the Conciliation and Mediation Center (Resolution 125 of the National Council of Justice, 2010). He was the director of Citizenship (1994-1995) and director of Social Communication (2004-2005) of the Association of Judges of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Project Coordinator (1996-1999) and President of the Brazilian Association of Judges and Prosecutors of Childhood and Youth (1999- 2001). He was creator in 2004, and until 2012 coordinated the Nucleus of Studies in Restorative Justice of the Superior School of the Judges of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, covering the training activities, offered by the same School in this matter. He is the author and coordinator of the Project Justice for the 21st Century, an inter-institutional articulation initiative led by the Association of Judges of Rio Grande do Sul (AJURIS), which aims to implement Restorative Justice practices in the pacification of violence involving children and adolescents, which, since 2005, has been a reference in the introduction of Restorative Justice in Brazil.
Afonso Armando Konzen
Professor at the Law School of the Superior School Foundation of the State Prosecution of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Coordinator of the Post-Graduate course in Child and Adolescent Law at the same school. Associate lawyer at KONZEN Lawyers and Associate Consultants. Speaker and independent consultant. Retired member of the State Prosecution of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Graduated in Law from PUC-RS, 1979. Post-graduate degree in Child and Adolescent Law, State Prosecution School of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, 2002. Master in Criminal Sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, 2006. Member of the Nucleus of Studies on Restorative Justice of the School of the Judges of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Member of the Special Commission for the Defense of Children and Adolescents' Rights at OAB/RS. He works with the following topics: Human Rights, Child and Adolescent Rights, Right to Education, Family Rights, Socioeducation and Restorative Justice.
Rafaela Duso
Graduated in Psychology, by the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, 2005. Specialist in Family and Couple Therapy, by the Family Institute of Porto Alegre, 2008. She is currently a psychologist at the Community Justice Project – Pinheiro Center, of the São Francisco de Assis Cultural Institute. She is also a member of the Center of Studies in Mediation of the Superior School of the Judges (AJURIS). She has experience in the Clinical area, acting mainly in the following themes: Conflict Mediation, Psychology, Human Development, Health Promotion, Family and Couple Development, and the Relations of Psychology with Law and Justice.
Taynã Nunes Quixabeira
Judicial technician of the 2nd instance of the Judiciary of the State of Tocantins, attached to the Permanent Center of Consensual Methods of Conflict Solution (NUPEMEC/TJTO). Bachelor of Laws. Degree in Pedagogy. Specialist in Clinical and Institutional Psychopedagogy. Facilitator of Restorative Justice. Judicial Conciliator. Course on Judicial Mediation in progress. Experience as judicial conciliator, restorative justice facilitator, educational management, project elaboration and tutoring of distance learning courses.
