Cour de cassation - 12.09.2000
Case- Case number
- 98-88.200
- Country
- France
- Case Description
Denial of the existence of crimes against humanity (Contestation de crimes contre l'humanité) – The denial of the existence of crimes against humanity falls within the scope of Article 24a of the Law of 29 July 1881, even if it is presented in disguised or dubious form or through innuendo – It is also characterised when, under the guise of seeking a supposed historical truth, it tends to deny the crimes against humanity committed by the Nazis against the Jewish community; that this is the case here.
Art. 10(2) European Convention on Human Rights; Art. 24 bis Loi du 29 juillet 1881 sur la liberté de la presse.
- Name of Court
- Cour de cassation (ch. criminelle)
- Date of decision
- Sep 12, 2000
- Subjects
- Conspiracy Theories
- Holocaust Denial & Trivialisation
- International Crimes
- Type of Court
- Supreme Court
- Area of Law
- Criminal Law
- Year
- 2000
- Generated ID
- UTQ1280-9309
- Geolocation
Latitude: 48.855133056640625
Longitude: 2.345714807510376
- Geolocation
- Existing
- Link
- legifrance
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