“Protecting or privileging historical narrative through laws and its limits” discussed by Memocracy Panel at the 2022 ICON•S Annual Conference
On July 5th, Dr. Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias, Dr. Uladzislau Belavusau, Dr. Grażyna Baranowska, Dr. Anna Wójcik, Dr. Paula Fischer and Mirosław Sadowski presented on the protection and privilege of historical narratives as part of a panel chaired by Dr. León Castellanos-Jankiewicz.
From the organisers:
The panel explores diverse forms of limiting freedom of expression in the context of historical policy. It discusses how laws rehabilitating historical figures and protecting state and nation‘s good name turn into memory laws, prohibiting expressing competing narratives, especially in states experiencing a deliberate weakening of the rule of law standards. It also showcases links between specific elements of the rule of law breakdown and limiting freedom of expression o those who publicly share historical narratives diverging from accounts preferred by authorities. In the second part, the panel analyses case law of international courts, the European Court of Human Rights and the International Criminal Court, to answer whether “militant democracy” is an apt concept to explain the certain limitation of freedom of expression in democracies, and to discuss emerging standards of protecting human expression conceptualized as cultural heritage.
Details
2022 ICON•S Annual Conference
July 4-6, 2022
Worcław, Poland
Venue:
University of Wrocław (in-person and online)
More information about this year’s conference can be found on the ICON•S website.
