This project will be developing a digital database allowing Belgian judicial archives pertaining to war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity to be identified, described and digitised.

This project will be developing a digital database allowing Belgian judicial archives pertaining to war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity to be identified, described and digitised. It will focus on documents produced by Belgian courts in post-conflict legal proceedings in the period 1914 - 2014. Though these archives constitute a unique documentary heritage, they are often not well-known and difficult to access.

The goal of the project is to produce a lasting, multidisciplinary search tool. Its aim is to include these files in a dynamic, interlinked and international archiving system, and to contribute to the planned database of the International Criminal Court, making these collections available online beyond Belgian borders.

Coordinated by the ULB - P. Lagrou from the Research Centre for Modern and Contemporary Worlds -, the project brings together teams from the National Archives of Belgium, KULeuven and the Phillip University of Marburg.

End of the project: 15/03/2019

Dates
Created on August 29, 2018