Civil Society and Post-communist Transitional Justice in Romania

摘要: In the only text that examined impact of state-free groups on process reckoning with communist past in Romania, Grosescu (2007) argued civil actors “were unable to build coherent methodologies and long-term projects” regarding transitional justice (p. 183). The statement rings true when applied judicial methods. Nevertheless, Romanian society have been instrumental maintaining need come terms public eye policy agenda, proposing key methods designed redress human rights violations. True, during first two decades post-communism, these faced a general mainly concerned its economic survival political elites preoccupied their narrow group interests (Atitudini si opinii despre regimul comunist din România. Sondaj de opinie publică 2012). addition, as noted, were together support common projects, often criticized each other much they state authorities.