The aim of the seminar is to discus and analyse efforts done by the European Union institutions in order to stop democratic backsliding of member states. Transitional justice policies are part of the requiring topics and leitmotif of official policies of populist leaders. The seminar zooms in on EU response towards these practices.

Select one of the following topics:

·       How does the EU react to transitional justice concerns and policies adopted in individual countries?

·       How does the EU address communist past of its individual member states?

·       What role do transitional justice issues play in current democratic backsliding/democratic decay in EU member states? Can a lack of transitional justice contribute to democratic backsliding?

Position paper should be 2000 words maximum. Do not forget to use references. Make sure to structure your paper clearly, outline the topic you chose, how you are going to argue and what conclusion you arrived to.

 Submission deadline: 30 November 2022, 18:00

Reading list

·        Sadurski, ‘Adding a Bite to a Bark? A story of Article 7, the EU Enlargement, and Joerg Haider’, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10/01, (2010) The University of Sydney, Sydney Law School, available at <http://ssrn.com/abstract=1531393>

 ·        Kochenov, Dimitry Article 7: A Commentary on a Much Talked-About ‘Dead’ Provision. In: Defending Checks and Balances in EU Member States pp 127-154.

Pages: 37

Further readings:

Nalepa, Monika. Transitional Justice and Authoritarian Backsliding. Constitutional Political Economy 32, 278-300 (2021) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10602-020-09315-5

Bates, G., Cinar, I,. Nalepa, M. Accountability by Numbers: A New Global Transitional Justice Dataset (1946-2016). Perspectives on Politics, 18 (1), 161-184 (2019). https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/accountability-by-numbers-a-new-global-transitional-justice-dataset-19462016/E11C0335090B49B73060A181B68E4E4B