LAW N° 84/2013 OF 11/09/2013 ON THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE IDEOLOGY AND OTHER RELATED OFFENCES | 84/2013 OF 11/09/2013 — Rwanda law | Esheria

LAW N° 84/2013 OF 11/09/2013 ON THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE IDEOLOGY AND OTHER RELATED OFFENCES

This provision states that the law’s purpose is to define the crime of genocide ideology and related offences.

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Jurisdiction
Rwanda
Instrument
Act or statute
Citation
84/2013 OF 11/09/2013
Status
Not in force
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
mul
Updated
Official source
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Statute overview

About this statute

This provision states that the law’s purpose is to define the crime of genocide ideology and related offences. This article defines key terms used in the law on genocide ideology. The article defines genocide ideology as a deliberate public act, in speech, writing, video, or another means, that shows ethnic, religious, nationality, or racial-based thinking aimed at advocating or supporting genocide. A person who does this commits the crime. Public acts intended to encourage, influence, induce, or coerce someone else to commit genocide are an offence. It is an offence for any person to publicly and deliberately deny genocide or use the listed forms of genocide negation.