Transitional Justice and Democratization

12. International Actors of Transitional Justice II. European Union – The New Kid on the Block

EU's position on transitional justice - EU and democratization of post-communist countries - Democratic backsliding among EU member states.

 

Reading list:

·        The EU’s Policy Framework on support to transitional justice

·        Unger, Thomas. ‘The European Union and transitional justice’, Centre for the law of EU external relations Working Paper 1/2010. Available at < http://www.asser.nl/upload/documents/2172010_25518CLEER%20WP%202010-1%20-%20UNGER.pdf>

·      Welsh, Helga. Beyond the National: Pathways of Diffusion. In: Nedelsky, Nadya, and Lavinia Stan. Post-Communist Transitional Justice : Lessons From Twenty-Five Years of Experience. Cambridge University Press, 2015, pp. 167-188.