RT Article
T1 A burgeoning community of justice?: the European Union as a promoter of transitional justice
JF International journal of transitional justice
VO 15
IS 2
SP 351
OP 369
A1 Verovs̆ek, Peter J.
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1845416465
AB Emerging as it does from Europe’s age of total war, the European Union (EU) has a long-standing interest in promoting transitional justice. However, since this desire to become a community of justice has remained implicit, it has been overlooked by much of the existing literature. Despite internal tensions between East and West, over the last 20 years the EU has sought to actively promote justice both ‘down’ onto its member states and ‘out’ into world politics. Based on an analysis of legal texts and regulations, as well as demonstrative case studies, I argue that the EU’s record in this area is mixed. Although it has been able to use membership to force changes as part of the accession process, existing member states and states outside of Europe have resisted these efforts. Despite its desire to incorporate transitional justice into its legal regime, I show that the EU’s efforts in promoting transitional justice remain largely political.
K1 Colonialism
K1 European Union
K1 Memory law
K1 Politics of memory
K1 Transitional Justice
DO 10.1093/ijtj/ijab005