Law-Secured Narratives of the Past in Poland in Light of International Human Rights Law Standards

Polish Yearbook of International Law 2018, t. XXXVIII, s. 59-72.

Współautorstwo: Gliszczyńska-Grabias, Aleksandra; Baranowska, Grażyna

Given the whole spectrum of doubts and controversies that arise in discussions about lawsaffecting historical memory (and their subcategory of memory laws), the question ofassessingthem in the context ofinternationalstandards ofhuman rights protection -and in particularthe European system ofhuman rights protection -is often overlooked. Thus this article focuseson the implications and conditions for introducing memory laws in light of internationalhuman rights standards using selected examples of various types of recently-adopted Polishmemory laws as case studies. The authors begin with a briefdescription ofthe phenomenon ofmemory laws and the most significant threats that they pose to the protection ofinternationalhuman rights standards. hefollowing sections analyse selected Polish laws affecting historicalmemory vis-a-vis these standards. The analysis covers non-binding declaratory laws affectinghistorical memory, and acts that include criminal law sanctions. The article attempts tosketch the circumstances linking laws affecting historical memory with the human rightsprotection standards, including those entailed both in binding treaties and other instrumentsof international law

Memory Laws in European and Comparative Perspective MELA (www.melaproject.org) research con-sortium is supported with HERA grant no. 15.094.

Glosa do wyroku Europejskiego Trybunału Praw Człowieka w sprawie Soro przeciwko Estonii z 3 września 2015 r. (skarga nr 22588/08)

Palestra 2018, t. LXIII, nr 5 (727), s. 81-87.

[Dotyczącej publicznego ujawnienia zatrudnienia skarżącego jako kierowcy w Komitecie Bezpieczeństwa Państwowego - KGB].

La criminalisation de l’expression historique en Pologne : la loi mémorielle de 2018

Archives de politique criminelle 2018, t. 40, s. 175-188.

Współautorstwo: Belavusaǔ, Uladzìslaǔ

L'article analyse l'impact d'une loi mémorielle de 2018 sur les droits fondamentaux en Pologne et situe ce texte législatif dans une tendance plus vaste de criminalisation de certaines déclarations concernant l'histoire ou la mémoire historique en Europe. La loi a suscité l'intérêt des médias internationaux faisant écho au tollé diplomatique soulevé en Europe, en Israël et aux États-Unis. Ce texte modifie la loi sur l'Institut de la Mémoire Nationale qui criminalise inter alia des déclarations sur l'implication de l'État polonais et de la nation polonaise dans les atrocités de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, lorsque de telles déclarations sont contraires aux faits historiques établis. Cette loi aura certainement des répercussions négatives sur la liberté d'expression concernant l'histoire polonaise, tout particulièrement si l'on tient compte du déclin récent de l'État de droit et de la démocratie libérale en Pologne.

The article analyzes the 2018 Polish memory law concerning historical expression, the Law of 26 January 2018 to amend the Act on the Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for Investigation of Crimes Against Polish Nation, from fundamental rights perspective and situates it within a wider trend to criminalize expressions about history or historical memory in Europe. The bill, among others, envisaged criminal and civil liability for a new criminal offense of accusing publicly and against the facts, the Polish nation, or the Polish state, of being responsible or complicit in the Nazi crimes committed by the Third German Reich or other crimes against peace and humanity, or war crimes. The bill also required the Institute of National Remembrance to investigate historical crimes of 'Ukrainian nationalists'.

Renaming streets : a key element of identity politics

New Eastern Europe 2018, nr 3-4, s. 161-166.