Title Holocaust and genocide denial : a contextual perspective / edited by Paul Behrens, Nicholas Terry, and Olaf Jensen

Published Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 263 pages) Contents Cover ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; List of contributors; Introduction; PART I: Development and concept of genocide denial; 1. Alexander Ratcliffe: British Holocaust denial in embryo; 2. Countering Holocaust denial in relation to the Nuremberg trials; 1 Introduction; 2 Legal teaching and research; 3 Countering denial without affording undeserved recognition; 4 Legal and constitutional issues in denying denial; 5 Conclusion; 3. Holocaust denial in the age of web 2.0: negationist discourse since the Irving-Lipstadt trial 1 Three phases in the history of Holocaust denial2 Gurus; 3 Cheerleaders; 4 Social media and Holocaust denial; 5 Conclusion; PART II:Holocaust and genocide denial around the world; 4. Silence and denial in Gulag testimonies: listening for the unspeakable; 1 An ordinary Gulag; 2 A provincial setting; 3 Interview method; 4 Silence: an expected preliminary; 5 Ways of saying, ways of silencing; 6 Silence: forms and functions; 7 Conclusion; 5. The presence of the past: on the significance of the Holocaust and the criminalisation of its negation in the Federal Republic of Germany 1 'Incitement of the people' (1960)2 Holocaust negation as insult (1979); 3 The Nazi regime or another 'violent and arbitrary dominance' (1985); 4 'Incitement of the people' reconsidered (1994); 5 Constants, similarities and differences (1960-94); 6. The prohibition of 'glorification of National Socialism' as an addition to the criminal provision on genocide denial: (Sect. 130 (4) of the German Criminal Code); 1 Introduction; 2 Glorification of National Socialism and modern German historiography; 3 Sect. 130 para. 4 and freedom of speech 7. Reckoning with the past?: Rwanda's revised Genocide Ideology Law and international human rights law on freedom of expression1 Introduction; 2 Critiques of the Genocide Ideology Law; 3 Conclusion; 8. A view of the impact of genocide denial laws in Rwanda; 1 Introduction; 2 Legislation; 3 Purpose of the legislation; 4 Impacted areas; 5 Conclusion; 9. Confronting genocide denial: using the law as a tool in combating genocide denial in Rwanda; 1 Introduction; 2 Background of genocide ideology laws in Rwanda 3 Law No. 18/2008 of 23/07/2008 Relating to the Punishment of the Crime of Genocide Ideology 4 The case of Agnes Uwimana Nkusi and Saidat Mukakibibi ; 5 The new law: No. 84/2013 on the Crime of Genocide Ideology and other Related Crimes ; 6 Conclusion; 10. Srebrenica and genocide denial in the former Yugoslavia: what has the ICTY done to address it?; 1 Introduction; 2 The ICTY's findings of genocide in Srebrenica; 3 Why then is genocide denial so widespread?; 4 The ICTY's extra-judicial activities: a genuine effort or the bare minimum?; 5 The legacy of the ICTY; 6 Conclusion Summary This book provides a detailed analysis of one of the most prominent and widespread international phenomena to which criminal justice systems has been applied: the expression of revisionist views relating to mass atrocities and the outright denial of their existence. Denial poses challenges to more than one academic discipline: to historians, the gradual disappearance of the generation of eyewitnesses raises the question of how to keep alive the memory of the events, and the fact that negationism is often offered in the guise of historical 'revisionist scholarship' also means that there is need for the identification of parameters which can be applied to the office of the 'genuine' historian. Legal academics and practitioners as well as political scientists are faced with the difficulty of evaluating methods to deal with denial and must in this regard identify the limits of freedom of speech, but also the need to preserve the rights of victims. Beyond that, the question arises whether the law can ever be an effective option for dealing with revisionist statements and the revisionist movement. In this regard, this book breaks new ground: exploring the background of revisionism, the specific methods devised by individual States to counter this phenomenon, and the rationale for their strategies Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes 11. Holocaust denial in Iran: Ahmadinejad, the 2006 Holocaust conference and international law Print version record Subject Genocide. Holocaust denial -- Law and legislation. Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946. LAW -- Criminal Law -- General. Genocide Holocaust denial -- Law and legislation Germany Form Electronic book Author Behrens, Paul, editor. Jensen, Olaf, editor. Terry, Nicholas, editor. ISBN 9781317204169 1317204166 9781315562377 1315562375 9781317204152 1317204158 9781317204145 131720414X 9781317204145

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