The webinar will present and discuss the contributions of the Special Section “Memory laws and the Rule of Law” that has just came out in the European Constitutional Law Review:

Introduction: Dr. Anna Wójcik and Dr. Paula Rhein-Fischer
Prof. Gábor Halmai (European University Institute): The Misuse of the Past for Political Purposes: Memory Politics in Hungary
Dr. Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias (Polish Academy of Science) (paper co-authored by Adam Bodnar): Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation (SLAPPs) and the Governance of Historical Memory
Dr. Grażyna Baranowska (Hertie School): Protecting the Good Name of the Nation as a Memory Law
Dr. Paula Rhein-Fischer (University of Cologne) and Dr. Anna Wójcik (Polish Academy of Science and Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law): Politicisation of Constitutional Review of Memory Laws
Moderator: Prof. Maria Mälksoo (University of Copenhagen)