View the Draft Model Declaration on Law and Historical Memory here

The MELA Project is a research consortium working on memory laws in European and comparative perspective across four universities. The project is funded by a three-year grant from the Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA) scheme, and commenced its work in 2016.

On May 24 2019, the Model Declaration on Law and Historical Memory will be presented at the MELA Conference, which will be held at the Brussels School of International Studies, University of Kent (Belgium). This Declaration will be a summation of the best practices developed by the Project over the course of three years.

As civil society plays a key role in how law interacts with historical memory, the MELA Project welcomes endorsements, comments, and feedback from organisations engaged in this theme to improve the Model Declaration. Our aim is to secure the final document’s adoption by international, European, and other regional and national human rights bodies.