At a time when we are preparing to commemorate the centenary of the Armenian genocide, there is no law still allows France to punish denial of genocide and crimes against 
humanity, with the exception of the Holocaust. While two genocides are officially recognized by France, the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide of 1915 (recognized by the law of 29 January 2001), only the denial of the Holocaust is that sanctioned by the Gayssot day, thus creating competition briefs. This unjust situation must end, both for the criminalization of the denial of the genocide of 1915 than for the other genocides that wish to recognize France.
I already had in 2011 proposed a law along the lines of EU law on the fight against racism and repression of genocide recognized by French law with which the Armenian genocide. The bill was adopted by all groups in the National Assembly and the Senate on January 23 2012 Unfortunately, it was the subject of censorship of the Constitutional Council, on the grounds that the denial part of freedom of expression, ending the attempted criminalization of Holocaust denial.
Yet the opportunity to punish denial of all genocides and crimes against humanity echoes a burning issue in the context of persecution against Eastern Christians in Iraq in particular, described by Ban Ki-Moon of crimes against humanity.
It is necessary and urgent to legislate to propose a new classification of denial. I’m so used to working to draft an alternative and innovative version, the fruit of reflection that I conducted with leading lawyers criminal lawyers. That is why I propose that denial is no longer considered by the law as a simple abuse of freedom of expression, but as a crime against humanity.
This has two advantages: exit the opposite by the Constitutional Council on freedom of expression and protection of all genocides recognized by our law legal impasse.
This is a legislative enriched that I suggest to co-signed by my colleagues, a nonpartisan law to the public interest that overcomes the partisan considerations. This text is intended to be universal because it protects all genocides recognized by French law and is in compliance with Human Rights. This law will soon be available on the website of the National Assembly and wish consideration intervene soon because this cause is close to my heart but it is especially critical to our commitment and our law.
Wednesday, September 3, 2014,
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