The rise of the far right is not just a political challenge – it also constitutes a battle over how to remember the past.

Across the globe, far-right actors are engaged in memory politics to legitimise their ideologies, undermine democratic institutions, and fuel division. A newly published policy brief by the Global Learning Hub for Transitional Justice and Reconciliation as well as a collection of four case studies examine how the far right instrumentalises the past – and propose strategies to counteract this trend.