Commentaries by Vishwajeet Deshmukh and Devansh Parekh

The Spanish Democratic Memory Law: Theory and Implementation

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The Spanish Democratic Memory Law: Theory and Implementation

Vishwajeet Deshmukh and Devansh Parekh

October 21, 2020 09:00:37 am

“All narrative of the past implies a selection. Memory is selective; complete memory is impossible.” – Elizabeth Jelin In September 2020, the Spanish Government introduced the “Democratic Memory Law” through its Democratic Memory Act (“The Act”), which is an extension of the Historical Memory Act of 2007 to honor the victims of General Francisco Franco’s [...]

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