Tomasz Lachowski

Tomasz Lachowski is a doctor of law, legal researcher at the Chair of International Law and International Relations, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Łódź, Poland.

His PhD dissertation was devoted to the issue of victims’ justice (right to justice, right totruth and right to reparation) within a transitional justice context. Has conducted his research in numerous post-violence states coming to terms with historical injustices and mass atrocities, such as Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mozambique and Ukraine.

His recent scientific research touches, firstly, the issue of post-Maidan Ukraine, applying at present the transitional justice policies, especially concerning the use of post-conflict justice tool-kit in the ongoing conflict and a post-war reconstruction of Donbas and Crimea in the shadow of the ongoing Russian aggression; and secondly, the process of dealing with the historical Soviet crimes in different states of Central and Eastern Europe with the special reference to the crime of genocide.

In addition to academic occupation, he works as a columnist, cooperating with different Polish and foreign magazines or web portals (e.g. “Onet.pl”, “New Eastern Europe”, “JusticeInfo.net”, “Nový Prostor”), and a commentator (also in Lithuanian media, such as: “LRT.lt”).

Editor-in-chief of “Obserwator Międzynarodowy” (International Observer) magazine, http://obserwatormiedzynarodowy.pl/ .