'Unique provision - genocide' in document 'Rwanda - Law on punishment of genocide ideology'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 2: Definition of “genocide ideology”

The genocide ideology is an aggregate of thoughts characterized by conduct, speeches, documents and other acts aiming at exterminating or inciting others to exterminate people basing on ethnic group, origin, nationality, region, color, physical appearance, sex, language, religion or political opinion, committed in normal periods or during war.

Article 3: Characteristics of the crime of genocide ideology

The crime of genocide ideology is characterized in any behaviour manifested by facts aimed at dehumanizing a person or a group of persons with the same characteristics in the following manner:

1° threatening, intimidating, degrading through defamatory speeches, documents or actions which aim at propounding wickedness or inciting hatred;
2° marginalising, laughing at one’s misfortune, defaming, mocking, boasting, despising, degrading creating confusion aiming at negating the genocide which occurred, stirring up ill feelings, taking revenge, altering testimony or evidence for the genocide which occurred;
3° killing, planning to kill or attempting to kill someone for purposes of furthering genocide ideology.