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Lemkin 2018-2023

The objective of the project, which is supervised by Professor Piotr Madajczyk, is to examine and popularize the achievements of 20th-century Polish legal thought, with a particular focus on Polish intellectuals, chief among them Rafał Lemkin.

Scientific conferences, exhibitions and publications, organized on an annual basis, will center on a discussion of the new paradigm of sovereignty, human rights, and international law in the wake of the catastrophe of the Second World War.

The full name of the project is “The contribution of Polish legal and scientific thought to the shaping of the concept of genocide. Rafał Lemkin and the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the Polish experience of occupation by National-Socialist Germany”.

The project is financed under the “Szlakami Polski Niepodległej” Program of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education for the years 2018–2023, project no. 01SPN1705318, amount of funding: 985,110 PLN.

See also

  • Film "Soviet Camp 0331"

    Event

    Film "Soviet Camp 0331"

    As part of the program accompanying the opening of the Pilecki Institute headquarters at 82 Sienna Street, we invite you to a screening of a film about the tragic experiences of the inhabitants of the Vilnius region.

  • Debate "World War 2, Russia and Ukraine in the Era of the Smartphone War"

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    Debate "World War 2, Russia and Ukraine in the Era of the Smartphone War"

    As part of the events accompanying the opening of the new headquarters of the Pilecki Institute at 82 Sienna Street, we invite you to a a debate on how Russia and Ukraine use and reinterpret the memory of World War II in the context of today’s war.

  • Lecture „Redefining War Crimes in the Midst of Nazi Occupation: the UNWCC Archives as a subject and a resource” (w języku angielskim)

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    Lecture „Redefining War Crimes in the Midst of Nazi Occupation: the UNWCC Archives as a subject and a resource” (w języku angielskim)

    As part of the events accompanying the opening of the new headquarters of the Pilecki Institute at 82 Sienna Street, we invite you to a talk exploring the history and legacy of the United Nations War Crimes Commission.