The Politics of Memory Laws

This volume explores the political utility and consequences of memory laws with a focus on how militant memory laws frame, underpin and generate international conflicts. Proceeding from Russia''s ongoing aggression against Ukraine, this examination plots how memory wars have preceded, partially led to, and encouraged the outbreak of the war itself via Russian propaganda. It also offers a broader perspective looking at developments in neighbouring countries such as Poland and Hungary. Bringing together scholars with diverse perspectives, this book provides both analysis and conceptual reflection for scholars assessing the politics of memory laws.>

Préface
A fascinating collection which draws on different comparative perspectives on the rule of memory laws in international conflicts, looking particularly at Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

Auteur
Uladzislau Belavusau is a Senior Researcher in European law at the T.M.C. Asser Institute (The Hague) University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands). Previously, he was an Assistant Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (2011-2015) and holds his Ph.D. from the European University Institute (Florence, Italy). He has published extensively on EU anti-discrimination law, human rights, comparative constitutional law, and memory politics. In 2015, Dr. Belavusau received the Marco Biagi Award for the best article from the International Association of Labour Law Journals. Aleksandra Gliszczynska-Grabias is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland.Maria Mälksoo is Associate Professor at the Centre for Military Studies, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.Angelika Nußberger is Professor at University of Cologne teaching international law and comparative constitutional law.

Contenu
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER

1. SECTION ONE: Memory Laws and Policies in Russia
   1.1. An Unspeakable Past: Why and How History Became an Object of Criminal Law in Russia
   1.2. Memory Laws and Policies in Russia After the Annexation of Crimea and Occupation of Donbas
   1.3. Putin's Memory Policies in the Context of Military Aggression in Ukraine
2. SECTION TWO: Memory Laws and Policies in Ukraine
   2.1. Ukrainian Memory Laws and Policies Before 2014
   2.2. Ukrainian Decommunization Laws of 2015
   2.3. Ukrainian Memory Laws and Policies in the Context of 2022 Russian Aggression
3. SECTION THREE: Neighbours Actively Involved in the Regional Memory Wars
   3.1. Wounds Unhealed: Polish-Ukrainian and Polish-Russian Memory Wars Before 2022
   3.2. Memory Laws and Policies in Belarus
   3.3. Critical Situations and Mnemonic Legislation: Memory Politics in the Baltic States and the War in Ukraine
   3.4. From Threat to Example: The Transformation of Russia's Role in Hungary's Memory Governance
   3.5. Memory Wars and Policies in Finland
4. SECTION FOUR: Shaping European Law and Politics in the Context of Memory Wars
   4.1 German Prototype for Memory Laws and Policies in Europe in the Context of Putin's Instrumentalization of Denazification
   4.2 Memory Laws and Policies in the EU and Council of Europe in the Context of Russian Military Aggression from 2014 to 2022
   4.3 European Court of Human Rights as a Substitute Nuremberg for the Soviet Crimes in the Baltic States?
   4.4. The Looking Glass War: Russian Aggression against Ukraine and the Lessons of World War II in International Memory Politics
5. EPILOGUE - The Battle for the Past: War and Memory in the Post-Soviet Space