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Should governments butt out of history? Eric Heinze examines how states limit speech in order to control public awareness about the past.
‘Lenin-fall’: free speech and the politics of memory in Ukraine O.T. Jones argues that the Ukrainian state should not restrict open historical debate but use its ‘expressive’ powers to foster a nuanced understanding of the past.
Law and historical memory: theorising the discipline Free expression should not be considered as ‘just another’ human right. Any truly participatory political system cannot exist without it nor any legal system linked to such politics, argues Eric Heinze.
In defence of Europe’s memory laws There are two exceptional cases in which memory laws protect free speech, argue Grażyna Baranowska and Anna Wójcik.
The difference between genocide and crimes against humanity We regularly highlight comments that have made an impression on us. Antoon de Baets left an insightful response to Josie Appleton’s discussion of memory laws in France.
Why the EU’s “harmonisation machine” should stay away from history Claus Leggewie and Horst Meier explain why memory laws are the wrong way for Europeans to remember and debate their difficult pasts.
France’s Armenian genocide law In January 2012, the French Senate approved a law criminalising the denial of any genocide recognised by the state, writes Clementine de Montjoye.
Is criminalisation an effective way of eradicating fascism? The co-chair of the German Green Party tells Free Speech Debate that fascist ideologies cannot be banned and must be confronted in a democratic way.