Holocaust Denial

Holocaust Denying Laws:

Holocaust denial, the denial of the systematic genocidal killing of approximately six million Jews in Europe by Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 1940s

Countries/Territories Where Holocaust Denial Is A Crime:

-          Austria (1947) 

-          Belgium (1995) 

-          Czech Republic (2001) 

-          France (1990) 

-          Germany (1985) 

-          Greece (2014) 

-          Hungary (2010) 

-          Israel (1986) 

-          Italy  

-          Lithuania 

-          Luxembourg (1997) 

-          Poland (1998) 

-          Portugal

-          Romania (2002) 

-          Russia (2014) 

-          Slovakia (2001) 

-          Spain (2007)

Countries/Territories Where Holocaust Denial Is Not A Crime, But Is Prosecuted Under Hate Speech Or Racial Vilification Laws:

-          Australia

-          Canada (1990)

-          Liechtenstein

-          The Netherlands 

-          Switzerland

Countries/Territories Where Holocaust Denial Is Not A Crime And Is Not Usually Prosecuted Under Hate Speech Or Racial Vilification Laws:

-          Abkhazia, Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Artsakh, Azerbaijan, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon,  Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo (Democratic Republic of the), Congo (Republic of the), Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, Gabon, the Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea ( Democratic People's Republic of), Korea (Republic of), Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia (Federated States of), Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Northern Cyprus, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestinian Territories, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Puerto Rico (US), Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, the Solomon Islands, Somalia, Somaliland , South Africa, South Ossetia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Syria, Tajikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Transnistria, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan , Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

^ Note: Countries/Territories in Bold  were directly impacted by the Holocaust on their soil. ^