'Incitement to genocide' in document 'Bosnia and Herzegovina- Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

SPECIAL PART

XVII C H A P T E R S E V E N T E E N
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND VALUES PROTECTED BY INTERNATIONAL LAW

Organising a Group of People and Instigating the Perpetration of Genocide, Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes
Article 176

(1) Whoever organises a group of people for the purpose of perpetrating criminal offence referred to in Articles 171 (Genocide), 172 (Crimes against Humanity), 173 (War Crimes against Civilians), 174 (War Crimes against the Wounded and Sick) or 175 (War Crimes against Prisoners of War) of this Code,
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not less than ten years or long-term imprisonment.

SPECIAL PART

XVII C H A P T E R S E V E N T E E N
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND VALUES PROTECTED BY INTERNATIONAL LAW

Organising a Group of People and Instigating the Perpetration of Genocide, Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes
Article 176

(4) Whoever calls on or instigates the perpetration of criminal offence referred to in Articles 171 through 175 of this Code,
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between one and ten years .

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 25
Individual criminal responsibility
3. In accordance with this Statute, a person shall be criminally responsible and liable for punishment for a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court if that person:
(e) In respect of the crime of genocide, directly and publicly incites others to commit genocide