The after-effects of communist dictatorships and their crimes are a painful legacy of the 20th century. Individual countries where communist regimes prevailed often struggle to come to terms with this inheritance satisfactorily. Communist dictatorships caused a huge number of victims, losses of a material and moral nature. Nevertheless, it remains difficult for many people to condemn these systems unequivocally and recognize their criminal nature. Public opinion on the subject often wavers between forgiveness of the crimes committed by communist systems and demands for a radical reckoning.
On the one hand, putting communist crimes before a court is sometimes difficult in practice and does not result in a verdict that satisfies the victims. On the other hand, these trials and the verdicts handed down by the courts often do not receive due attention from the public and scholars in all countries. Such problems exist in all countries that experienced communist dictatorships. The scope of this issue and its causes will be analyzed during the conference, which we invite you to attend.
The thematic scope of the conference " Communist Crimes in Court " includes three main areas of research
Due to the international nature of the conference, the introductory paper should be delivered in English.
Dr Joanna Markiewicz-Stanny (j.markiewicz-stanny@wpa.uz.zgora.pl)
Dr Marek Derlatka (m.derlatka@wpa.uz.zgora.pl)
Dawid Lewandowski (lewandowskid@adres.pl)
Conference service department:
pl. Słowiański 9
65-069 Zielona Góra
+48 (68) 328 23 33
The Chair of Theory, Philosophy and History of Law and the Polish-German Centre for Comparative Law Research of the Institute of Law Studies, University of Zielona Góra
Prof. Bohdan Halczak
Prof. Martyna Łaszewska-Hellriegel
Prof. Bernadetta Nitschke-Szram
Prof. Christoph-Eric Mecke
Dr Joanna Markiewicz-Stanny
Dr Marek Derlatka
Dr Grzegorz Góralczyk
Dr Leszek Kaczmarski
Prof. Tomasz Barankiewicz
Prof. Mirosław Sadowski
Prof. Tomasz Milej
Prof. Joanna Helios
Dr Michał Stambulski
Prof. Ewa Tuora-Schwierskott
Prof. Tomasz Scheffler
Prof. Agnieszka Bielska-Brodziak
Prof. Wioletta Jedlecka
Prof. Adam Bosiacki
Prof. Izabela Gawłowicz
Dr Anna Chodorowska
Prof. Andrzej Bisztyga
Prof. Tadeusz Stanisławski
Prof. Patrycja Grzebyk
Prof. Adam Sulikowski (University of Wrocław)
Prof. Karolina Wierczyńska (Polish Academy of Sciences)
Prof. Peter Sólyom (University of Debrecen)
Prof. Christoph-Eric Mecke (University of Zielona Góra)
Dr Prokop Tomek (Military History Institute Prague)
Dr Janis Pleps (University of Latvia)
Dr Filip Cyuńczyk (SWPS University)
(162 Euro)
The fee will include conference materials, publication and food (gala dinner, coffee breaks and lunch)
Account number for the conference fee: 85 1160 2202 0000 0002 8474 4132
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