Legal protection of war graves – comments de lege lata and postulates de lege ferenda Cover Image

Ochrona prawna grobów wojennych – uwagi „de lege lata” postulaty „de lege ferenda”
Legal protection of war graves – comments de lege lata and postulates de lege ferenda

Author(s): Maciej Trzciński
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: war graves; protection; legal protection system; practical activities

Summary/Abstract: Protection of war graves is the task of the state. After the liquidation in 2016 of the Council for the Remembrance of Combat and Martyrdom which performed the majority of duties in this area, the competences of this institution were assigned primarily to the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and partly to the Institute of National Remembrance. The issue of protection of graves is not only the issue of diffused competences of various administrative bodies and institutions, but also the issue of research on previously unrecognized graves and war cemeteries, including their recording. The research conducted on this subject reveals not only shortcomings of legal nature but also real threats among which there is deliberate destruction and robbing of war graves.

  • Issue Year: 12/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 53-70
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish