Gayssot Act

GPTKB entity

Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:French_government
gptkbp:appliesTo public expression
gptkbp:category French criminal law
Holocaust denial legislation
gptkbp:controversy debate over limits of free speech
gptkbp:country gptkb:France
gptkbp:criminalizes contesting the existence of crimes against humanity as defined in the London Charter of 1945
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1990-07-13
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:French_judiciary
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gayssot Act
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Jean-Claude_Gayssot
gptkbp:notablePublication Article 24bis of the French Press Law of 1881
gptkbp:officialName Loi n° 90-615 du 13 juillet 1990
gptkbp:penalty imprisonment
fine
gptkbp:prohibits gptkb:Holocaust
gptkbp:relatedTo freedom of speech
hate speech laws
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Jean-Claude_Gayssot
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jean-Claude_Gayssot
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7