Crimes Committed by Totalitarian Regimes are reports and proceedings of the European public hearing organised by the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union (January–June 2008) and the European Commission. The Hearing was organised in response to the request made by the Justice and Home Affairs Council of the European Union on 19 April 2007. Edited by Peter Jambrek and published by the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union Crimes, the reports and proceedings research and investigate gross and large scale human rights violations committed during the reign of totalitarian regimes in Europe. There were four sessions at the Hearing: The preface was written by the Slovenian Minister of Justice Lovro Šturm, and the introduction by Jacques Barrot, Vice-President of the European Commission for Justice, Freedom and Security. Countries that were involved were: Estonia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovenia, Poland and Spain.

Topics and chapters

I. HISTORY, CHARACTERISTICS AND CLASSIFICATION OF TOTALITARIAN REGIMES II. TOTALITARIAN CRIMES: CROSS-NATIONAL SURVEY III. TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE: PROSECUTION AND REDRESS Of INJUSTICE IV. REMEMBRANCE, RECOGNITION AND PUBLIC AWARENESS Of TOTALITARIAN V. RECONCILIATION: ON HANDLING THE TRAUMATIC PAST

Totalitarian machines

The report stated the following about Totalitarian machines:

Remembrance day

The European Parliament has proposed August 23 as a common remembrance day of Victims of Totalitarian Regimes.