Laws against Holocaust denial
- Laws against Holocaust denial
Holocaust denial is illegal in a number of European countries. Many countries also have broader laws against libel or inciting racial hatred, as do a number of countries that do not specifically have laws against Holocaust denial, such as Canada and the United Kingdom. The Council of Europe's 2003 [http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/en/Treaties/Html/189.htm Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cyber Crime] , concerning the prosecution of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems includes an article 6 titled "Denial, gross minimisation, approval or justification of genocide or crimes against humanity", though this does not have the status of law.
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