Can a speech made in a radio be considered as Incitement to Genocide?
Answer Greetings Das, and thanks for your question. Yes, it appears that charges of ‘incitement to genocide’ have been made in cases of speeches made on the radio. Convicting, however, has been more difficult. Rwanda is one of the more prominent cases lately. I’m going to refer you to a Google search, typing ‘incitement to genocide’ in the search field. Several good websites and articles are catalogued for you there, since I know law students usually need to go through specific case documents. One particularly helpful description I found was a report on the Genocide Convention documents and their efficacy, done by the United States Institute of Peace. Incitement appears further down in the document. http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr990107.html Hope this helps, good luck on your research!
