To Be the Protagonist of One's Own Life
The International Journal of Restorative Justice, 8(3), 440–444 (2025). Published by Brill (Leiden).
Restorative justice
National Coordinator of Víctimas por la Paz · President of SAJuR
I promote a justice with a human face, one that turns pain into responsibility and coexistence. I believe in the power of the word, of handcrafted dialogue and of repair, with victims as true protagonists.
Featured work
The International Journal of Restorative Justice, 8(3), 440–444 (2025). Published by Brill (Leiden).
First-person testimonies of victims who chose dialogue and reparation over revenge. The foundation of the group's methodology.
Impact
The first restorative restaurant inside prison, at Batán Unit 15: dignified work, coexistence and repair behind the walls.
The self-managed work of incarcerated people funds community projects chosen by the victims themselves.
Victim–offender dialogue processes, many of them formally referred by the criminal and juvenile justice system.
"Security is not a police car or a sentence. Security is coexistence."
Diana Márquez
Thinking
Frente al delito nos venden un solo camino: el castigo y el miedo. Pero frente a cada daño hay otro —el de reparar—, y funciona: en Liberté, después de diez años, quienes sostienen el proceso no reinciden. La esperanza no es ingenuidad; es elegir el camino que repara.
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La justicia restaurativa como respuesta cultural al endurecimiento punitivo en tiempos de automatización y lógica algorítmica. Tres apuestas: la soberanía sobre el propio dolor, la amabilidad como medida de la justicia y comunidades que se reparan desde adentro.
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Salir de la rabia y el asco para mirar de verdad los delitos contra la integridad sexual: datos, cinco mitos por desarmar y por qué la esperanza ahuyenta al miedo.
Read moreReflections and moments on video.
Diana works with institutions, universities and organisations that want to rethink justice through reparation.
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