How to Reckon with Past Evils? Rethinking Transitional Justice Strategies in Post-Authoritarian and Post-Conflict Environments
How to Reckon with Past Evils? Rethinking Transitional Justice Strategies in Post-Authoritarian and Post-Conflict Environments

Summary/Abstract: The Łódź PPSY International Seminar Transitional Justice: Between Redemption and Retribution. Łódź (June 6, 2017), University of Łódź, Professor Czesław Mojsiewicz International Cooperation Fund and the Editorial Board of the Polish Political Science Yearbook.The Łódź PPSY International Seminar Transitional Justice: Between Redemption and Retribution was the first scientific event co-organized by the Chair of International Law and International Relations (Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Łódź), Research Centre of University of Łódź "The Balkans at the Turn of the 20th and the 21st Century", Professor Czesław Mojsiewicz International Cooperation Fund, Adam Marszałek Publishing House and the Editorial Board of the Polish Political Science Yearbook. The idea that stood behind the organization of the academic seminar was to analyse the current scientific and practical trends witnessed in a global discourse on transitional justice. Deliberations on post-violence efforts and all closely related topics, especially the issue of politics of memory, gathered in the Polish city of Łódź 20 researchers, coming from 7 Polish universities and 8 foreign academic centres. It is worth mentioning that participants of the seminar represented 9 different countries, such as Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, South Sudan, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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