The Committee recommends that public denials or attempts to justify crimes of genocide and crimes against humanity, as defined by international law, should be declared as offences punishable by law, provided that they clearly constitute incitement to racial violence or hatred. The Committee also underlines that "the expression of opinions about historical facts" should not be prohibited or punished.
Condicón jurídica
Non-negotiated soft law
Organismo
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Tipo de documento
General Comment / Recommendation
Medio de adopción
N.A.
Temas
Equality & Inclusion
Personas afectadas
All
Año
2013
Tipo de párrafo
Other
Reference
CERD General Recommendation No. 35, Combatting racist hate speech (2013), para. 14.