Kowalewska Emilia, Truth Revelation Procedures as a Rights‑based Alternative to the Politics of (Non‑)Memory

The field of memory studies in Poland offers an appropriate space within which to take up the problem of the juridification or institutionalization of collective memory in Central and Eastern Europe. This article seeks to contribute to present debates by considering the implementation of a subset of transitional justice practices in light of evolving normative standards. The article begins by outlining the research problem for investigation and by presenting the chosen theoretical framework, data and methods of analysis. Constraints on transitional justice that shaped frames of remembering within the central case study are presented in the second section. The third section presents the right to know/(the) truthas an emerging socio-legal norm at the international level. The subsequent section presents, in regional perspective, three types of truth-oriented transitional justice procedures. The concluding section draws together the findings and offers conclusions regarding the restorative...