The Belgian Negationism law (or Belgian Revisionism law), passed on 23 March 1995, bans public denial of nazi genocide war crimes like the Holocaust. Specifically, this law against negationism makes it illegal to publicly "deny, play down, justify or approve of the genocide committed by the German National Socialist regime during the Second World War". Prosecution is led by the Belgian Centre for Equal Opportunities. The offense is punishable by imprisonment of up to one year and fines of up to 2,500 EUR.[1][2]
- ^ Act of 23 March 1995 on punishing the denial, minimisation justification or approval of the genocide perpetrated by the German National Socialist Regime during the Second World War Archived October 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine (informal translation)
(in French) Loi tendant à réprimer la négation, la minimisation, la justification ou l'approbation du génocide commis par le régime national-socialiste allemand pendant la seconde guerre mondiale Archived 2009-03-29 at the Wayback Machine (official French text)
(in Dutch) Wet tot bestraffing van het ontkennen, minimaliseren, rechtvaardigen of goedkeuren van de genocide die tijdens de tweede wereldoorlog door het Duitse nationaal-socialistische regime is gepleegd Archived March 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (official Dutch text) - ^ The text of the law sets the maximum fine at 5,000 francs. This is 125 euros. This amount is by law multiplied by 200. The real fine therefore is 2,500 EUR.