Deficyty polskiego ustawodawstwa w zakresie przeciwdziałania mowie nienawiści i przestępstwom z nienawiści

Studia Prawnicze 2014, nr 1, s. 113-128.

The phenomenon of hate speech and hate crimes is not easily captured in the legal definitions and is often described as controversial due to the difficulties with identifying the “hateful element” of words and deeds. Another significant reason for the difficulties concerning penalisation in the area in question is the strict (and for many unjustified) limitation imposed on freedom of speech, assembly and association, which are the freedoms most often affected by the anti-hate provisions of law. Nevertheless the obligations included in the international human rights law oblige Polish legislators to introduce and implement proper mechanisms of counteracting these extremely negative and socially dangerous phenomenon. However, many questions arise: Are the international standards of human rights law fully reflected in the Polish legal provisions and practice? How are the areas demanding alteration and endorsement being defined? What are the obstacles that unable the process of protecting all groups particularly endangered by hate speech and hate crimes? Are the provisions of law a sufficient and effective barrier against spreading hatred in the public sphere? This article seeks to answer all the questions posed above. It also attempts to demonstrate the complexity of the analysed problems, placing them in the centre of the gene-ral discussion on tolerance, minorities protection and the functions of the antidiscrimination law within democratic state and society.

Naruszenie czci i godności ludzkiej przez przekaz medialny dotyczący ofiar Holokaustu. Glosa do wyroku ETPC z dnia 8 listopada 2012 r., 43481/09

Państwo i Prawo 2014, nr 9, s. 127-132.

Dot. naruszenia czci i godności ludzkiej przez przekaz medialny dotyczący ofiar Holokaustu; PETA Niemcy przeciwko Niemcom.

Międzynarodowoprawne standardy wolności słowa a mowa nienawiści. W: Mowa nienawiści w internecie ... s. 45-51, Sum.,

Mowa nienawiści w internecie: jak z nią walczyć? Materiały konferencyjne (Poznań, 29.10.2012 r.). Red. i wstęp Dominika Bychawska-Siniarska, Dorota Głowacka. Wwa 2013 Helsińska Fundacja Praw Człowieka ss. 107 (artykuły wybrane),

Międzynarodowoprawne standardy wolności słowa a mowa nienawiści. W: Mowa nienawiści w internecie ... s. 45-51, Sum.,

Przeciwdziałanie antysemityzmowi : instrumenty prawa międzynarodowego

Współautorstwo: Wyrzykowski, Mirosław; Sadurski, Wojciech

Warszawa : Lex a Wolters Kluwer business, 2014

Seria: Monografie Lex,

ISBN 9788326432071

613 stron. Bibliografia na stronach 563-613.

Na podstawie rozprawy doktorskiej (Polska Akademia Nauk, 2013).

Publikacja dofinansowana przez Instytut Nauk Prawnych PAN.

Memory Laws or Memory Loss? : Europe in Search of Its Historical Identity through the National and International Law

Polish Yearbook of International Law 2014, nr 34, s. 161-186.

This article provides an overview of “memory laws” in Europe, reflecting upon what may be called the “asymmetry” of such laws. It then looks at the special case of Poland and its troubled experience with memory laws; it considers the question of whether, in the eyes of the law – genocide, and in particular the Holocaust – is so “special” that its public denials warrant legal intervention. It also looks at the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and its (not necessarily coherent) “doctrine” on memory laws and their consistency, or otherwise, with the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Funda­mental Freedoms (and in particular with freedom of expression as laid down in Art. 10). The article concludes by asserting that even if we take the law as an indicator of European public memory, there is no consensus on the past, except perhaps for the special case of the Holocaust. The main challenge lies in determining whether memory laws, defined by some as social engineering and the imposition of “imperative” versions of memory, are consistent with the principles inherent in open, democratic and free societies in Europe. This challenge remains unmet.