2006/12/01 by Wibke K. Timmermann · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #International Law and Human Rights #Global Peace and Security Dynamics #Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics #Incitement #Genocide #Law #Tribunal #German #Political science #Criminal law #Convention #International law #Criminology #Sociology #History
paper · doi:10.1017/s1816383107000793
openalex publication_date 2006/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/07
Abstract The author critically analyses in this article the status of incitement in international criminal law. After a discussion of the relevant judgments by the Nuremberg Tribunal and related courts, including German de-Nazification courts, the travaux préparatoires of the Genocide Convention and the case-law of the International Criminal Tribunals, the international approach is criticized, particularly its practice of regarding only direct and public incitement to genocide as inchoate, whilst instigation generally is treated as not inchoate. The author recommends the adoption of an approach modelled on German and Swiss domestic law and argues that instigation per se should also be regarded as an inchoate crime.