'Unique provision - war crimes' in document 'Macedonia - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

SPECIAL PART

34. CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND INTERNATIONAL LAW

Approving or justifying of a genocide, crimes against humanity or military crimes

Article 407-a

(1) One that will publicly negate, roughly minimize, approve and justify the crimes stipulated in the articles 403 through 407, through an information system, shall be sentenced with imprisonment of one to five years.

(2) If the negation, minimizing, approval or the justification is performed with intention to pour hate, discrimination or violence against a person or group of persons due to their national, ethnic or racial origin or religion, the perpetrator, shall be sentenced with imprisonment of at least four years.