AGEN AMI

Holocaust denial in a parliamentary speech: criminal conviction not a breach of Article 10

On 3 October 2019 the European Court of Human Rights dismissed an application by former NDP leader Udo Pastörs that his criminal conviction in Germany for making a “qualified Auschwitz denial” in a parliamentary speech infringed his right to freedom of speech under Article 10 ECHR.

Pastörs -v- Germany (Case no. 55225/14))

Holocaust scholars ordered to apologize in Polish libel case

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A court in Warsaw ruled Tuesday that two prominent Holocaust researchers must apologize to a woman who claimed her deceased uncle had been slandered in a historical work, citing alleged inaccuracies that suggested the Polish man helped kill Jews during World War II. Read more.

An antisemitic motive in a criminal act will significantly increase the penalty for such an act (Germany)

Change in the general part of the criminal law (Sec. 46 German Criminal Code):
If there are antisemitic motives for a crime, this will increase the penalty in the future – regardless of the criminal offense that has been committed. The new Section will be implemented in the general part of the German Criminal Code that applies for every crime.