Prosecuting "Hate Speech" in International Criminal Law

The book explores the prohibition and prosecution of hate speech in international law. Building on the international legal framework, the invaluable jurisprudence of the Trial and Appeal Chambers of the UN ad hoc Tribunals (the ICTY and the ICTR), and views of scholars in the social sciences, the book focuses on two inter-related complexities in prosecuting hate speech in international criminal law: criminal participation and causation. A hypothetical scenario is developed, with numerous actors playing various roles in that given context, with the impact of altering their criminal liability, and raising further questions that touch on the issue of causation in criminal law.

An in-depth exposition of underlying complexities in prosecuting hate speech in international criminal law The dissection of hate speech at its best, from concept to practice in international criminal justice Confronts the current intellectual and legal paradigm in the prosecution of hate speech in international law

Auteur

Avitus Agbor is a Research Professor of Law at the North-West University. His research focus is broadly Public International Law, but with specific interests and expertise in international human rights law; international criminal law; international criminal justice. He is also interested in constitutional law, criminal law; good governance and accountability for human rights violations.

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The book explores the prohibition and prosecution of hate speech in international law. Building on the international legal framework, the invaluable jurisprudence of the Trial and Appeal Chambers of the UN ad hoc Tribunals (the ICTY and the ICTR), and views of scholars in the social sciences, the book focuses on two inter-related complexities in prosecuting hate speech in international criminal law: criminal participation and causation. A hypothetical scenario is developed, with numerous actors playing various roles in that given context, with the impact of altering their criminal liability, and raising further questions that touch on the issue of causation in criminal law.

Contenu

Introduction.- Prosecuting "hate speech" at the IMT, Nuremberg.- Prosecuting "Hate Speech": peeping into some notional and philosophical complexities.- The Manyemanyan (hypothetical) scenario: a snapshot of legal complexities in prosecuting hate speech.- Hate Speech and criminal participation in the Manyemanya Scenario.- Hate speech beyond "instigation" as a mode of participation: rethinking some nuanced instances of accessorial liability.- Causation in the Manyemanya scenario.- Conclusion and Recommendations for future legal research.