IHRA 2018
Alicja Białecka, Dr. Piotr Trojański
A plenary session of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) was held in the Italian city of Ferrara at the end of November. In Memoria, we publish the report by two Polish delegates: Alicja Białecka and Piotr Trojański, PhD.
The 20th anniversary of the International task force on cooperation in education, academic research and remembrance of the Holocaust, which was later transformed into the alliance called the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, is approaching.
A declaration defining the organisation’s scope of activities was signed in Stockholm, in January 2000. Currently, the IHRA comprises of 32 countries that have undertaken to comply with the provisions of the Stockholm Declaration, and through the activity of representatives of their governments and expert groups, support and promote educational and commemorative activities, as well as academic research on the subject of the Holocaust.
The expert working groups and committees function within the structure of the IHRA, undertaking substantive work in their thematic areas. Plenary sessions are also attended by diplomats who make binding decisions on behalf of their countries, as well as representatives of international partner organisations such as the UN, UNESCO, the European Union and the Council of Europe.