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Ntsiki Sandi visits the Institute and ArchivePrague, March 1, 2010 – Ntsiki Sandi, South African advocate and former member of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, made a day-long visit to the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes and Security Services Archive on Monday, March 1. | ||
Published: 05.03.2010 |
Discussion with Advocate Ntsiki Sandi, member of the South African Truth and Reconciliation CommissionOn 1 March 2010, Advocate Ntsiki Sandi, former member of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission will be visiting the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes and the Security Services Archive. At the occasion of this rare visit, the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes cordially invites to a discussion with Advocate Sandi on the topic “Truth and Reconciliation Commission”, to be held on Monday, 1 March 2010 at 3 – 4.30 pm in the 1st floor lecture hall of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, Siwiecova 2, Prague 3. | ||
Published: 28.02.2010 |
Statement by participants of the international conference “Crimes of the Communist Regimes”On 26 February 2010, the last day of the Conference “Crimes of the Communist Regimes”, a statement was presented in which the participants respond to the situation of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes in connection with the election of a new Director, Jiří Pernes, on 17 February and the termination of the mandate of Director Pavel Žáček on 31 March 2010. The participants further react to the revocation of Dr. Marius Oprea, President, and the withdrawal of investigative powers from the Romanian Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes, which was announced while Mr Oprea was participating in the Conference and opening an exhibition of his Institute in Prague as a part of the antitotalitarian festival MENE TEKEL. | ||
Published: 28.02.2010 |
International conference “Crimes of the Communist Regimes”Prague, February 24, 2010 - Vice-President of the Senate, Parliament of the Czech Republic Jiří Liška, Director of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes Pavel Žáček, Chairman of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) Mirek Topolánek and Chinese dissident Harry Wu, who spent 19 years in forced labor camps in China, inaugurated the three-day international conference “Crimes of the Communist Regimes” on the Senate premises this morning. | ||
Published: 24.02.2010 |
Invitation to the International conference "Crimes of the Communist Regimes"The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes together with partner institutions from abroad is organizing an international conference "Crimes of the Communist Regimes" which will take place on 24-26 February 2010 at the Senate, Parliament of the Czech Republic and the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic in Prague. The conference's aims are to put together an overview of crimes committed by the communist regimes behind the iron curtain, assess them from a legal standpoint, and search for possible solutions to today's situation, with the ultimate goal being a better understanding and strengthened European integration across the former East-West divide. The conference programme and registration information can be found here. | ||
Published: 02.02.2010 |
Presentation of the working group on the Platform of European Memory and Conscience in BrusselsBrussels, 18 January, 2010 - Members of the working group on the Platform of European Memory and Conscience made their first joint public appearance today at a press conference at the office of the Council of Europe in Brussels... | ||
Published: 20.01.2010 |