“De-Communization Laws” Need to Be Amended to Conform to European Standards (Щоб Відповідати Європейським Стандартам, «Закони Про Декомунізацію» Потребують Змін). (original) (raw)

VoxUkraine; Українська правда, 2015

Abstract

Three of the four Ukrainian laws (on totalitarian regimes, on the fighters for independence, and, to a lesser extent, on the victor of Nazism) fall short in two respects. First, they do not move Ukraine away from the the highly politicized approach to history of the Soviet era, when the government mandated one correct interpretation of history, designated heroes and villains, and reduced historical complexities to the black and white picture of ideologically correct good “ours” versus ideological enemy “other.” Second, the laws do not reflect European standards of memorialization policies where honoring civilian victims of political violence holds center stage, and murder and brutalization of civilian population are condemned, regardless of the goals for which they were carried out.

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