Legal means of regulation of memory policy: difficulties and solutions

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The article raises the question of whether legal means to resolve issues related to memory policy are appropriate in order to build a social and political consensus around memories of the past related to national identity. Based on the experience of legislative regulation of memory policy in Spain, as well as individual examples of judicial decisions of the European Court of Human Rights, the difficulty and sometimes futility of attempts to separate purely legal issues from the complex historical evolution of the situation under consideration is shown.

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Natalia V. Kolotova

Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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Email: kolotova.n@gmail.com

PhD in Law, Associated Professor Leading Researcher, Acting Head of the Sector of Human Rights

Russian Federation, 10 Znamenka str., 119019 Moscow

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