The judges of the European Court of Human Rights write state-sponsored history. This chapter assesses the reciprocal influences of historical debates on the Court, and vice versa. The Court clarifies how the Member States have to deal with history and historical research under the framework of human rights, for example, the freedom of expression, the right to private life, and aspects of the right to the truth. On the other hand, the Court interferes with history in a more direct manner: it (...)