Two remembrance laws submitted for consideration in the State Duma, yet another bill on the way
What is the essence of the bills, and do they have chances to be adopted?
VE-Day greeting makes a crime
Retired man from Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine accused of “totalitarian propaganda”
Local resident fined RUB100,000 for Holocaust denial in Ivanovo, Russia
A regular court of appeal in Ivanovo Region confirmed the legality of the fine imposed on a local…
Russia criminalizes destruction of war monuments and memorials
On April 7, 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law No.112-FZ. “On the Amendments to the Russian…
Participant in the Holocaust to remain Lithuania’s national hero
On April 1, 2020, the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania dismissed the lawsuit filed by Grant Gochin, a…
Legal Action against Nazi War Criminals in the Judicial Practice of Today’s Baltic States
In the early 90s the Baltic nations, after over 50 years of being a part of the Soviet…
Coronavirus prevents Canada from starting deportation of a Nazi criminal
The coronavirus pandemic is now a stumbling block for Canadian authorities in an attempt to consider the deportation…
The Terezin Declaration. New Approaches to Damage Compensation for Nazi crime victims
Оne of the forms to repair damage from internationally wrongful acts is restitution, that is bringing seized property…
Lithuanian resident sentenced to restriction of freedom for “Soviet crimes denial”
Kaunas District Court panel of judges has issued a verdict on the charges of “public denial of Soviet…
Russia’s Investigative Committee: Did Finnish occupiers commit genocide against people of Karelia?
On April 20, 2020, the Russian Investigative Committee, or Sledkom, said it was launching all necessary legal procedures…
International Legal Basis for the Prosecution of Nazi War Criminals
War crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated during WWII by Nazis and their collaborators are qualified internationally as…
Report «Partners in Nazi Crimes. 96 Surviving Veterans of the Latvian SS Legion»
On March 16, Riga annually celebrates former Latvian SS legionnaires with popular events taking place in the heart…