Representatives of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience elected on 19 November 2015: President: Göran Lindblad, Sweden, former MP and former Chairman, Political Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Executive Board: Toomas Hiio, Estonia,…
Crimes of the Communist Regimes – an assessment by historians and legal experts
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Proceedings from the international conference (www.crimesofcommunism.eu) held in Prague on 24-26 February, 2010 The conference was organised by the Czech Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes in cooperation with partner institutions and organisations from the working group on the…
Czech Prime minister Petr Nečas: The years of totalitarianism were years of struggle for liberty
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Platform of European Memory and Conscience founded in Prague on 14 October, 2011 Prague, 14 October, 2011. The Platform of European Memory and Conscience was formally established at a signing ceremony in the Lichtenstein Palace in Prague under the…
Platform of European Memory and Conscience to be established in Prague during the summit of the Prime ministers of the Visegrad group
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Prague, September 29, 2011 – Heads of 19 partner institutions and organisations specialised in the subject of totalitarian history from 13 EU member states will sign the founding document of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience in Prague on…
The European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Totalitarian Regimes
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On 23 August 2011 the European Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Totalitarian Regimes was celebrated in Warsaw for the first time. The celebrations, organized by the Ministry of Justice and the Institute of National Remembrance, were held in…
Platform members list
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As of 26 November 2016, the Platform of European Memory and Conscience has 55 Members from 13 EU Member States, Ukraine, Moldova, Iceland, Albania, Canada and the United States. Albania: Institute for Democracy, Media & Culture Bulgaria:…
Platform of European Memory and Conscience – a brief history
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With the accession of the post-Communist countries to the EU in 2004, the legacy of Communism became an integral part of common European heritage. For the 10 new member states, the EU accession opened a new level on which to…
Presentation of the working group in Brussels
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Brussels, 18 January, 2010 -Members of the working group on the Platform of European Memory and Conscience made their first joint public appearance today at a press conference at the office of the Council of Europe in Brussels. They presented…
Legal Settlement of Communist Crimes – partners
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The Platform of European Memory and Conscience wishes to thank the following partners of the conference: the offices of Ms Sandra Kalniete, Mr László Tőkés and Mr Milan Zver, Members of the European Parliament Stiftung Sächsische Gedenkstätten Robert Schuman Foundation European…
Legal Settlement of Communist Crimes – about the conference
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The conference held on 5 June, 2012 was convened in response to growing calls for strengthened international justice formulated, e.g., in the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism of 3 June, 2008, in the European Parliament resolution on…
Legal Settlement of Communist Crimes – conference programme
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5 June, 2012 European Parliament, Brussels Room PHS 7 C 50 8.30 Welcome and Greetings 8.45 Opening speech Prof. Jerzy Buzek, MEP (PL), former President of the European Parliament Audio recording (Sandra Kalniete, Jerzy Buzek); 17 MB, mp3 9.00 – 10.30…