nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/3a03860ac166bed1 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240424s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/3a03860ac166bed1 doi eng 342 23 Nuotio, Kimmo Author aut (orcid)0000-0003-4889-1634 Rallying under a Nazi Swastika Flag - Is it a Criminal Act? Nuotio, Kimmo Verfassungsblog 2024-04-24 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On April 5th, 2024, the Helsinki Court of Appeal held that rallying under a Nazi swastika flag constituted an offense of incitement to hatred, namely, agitation against a group of population. Contrary to German law, Finnish law does not include any specific prohibition of symbols of this kind. It therefore leaves it open under which circumstances the public use of symbols such as those linked with the Nazi regime in fact constitute a criminal offense. Against this background, the Court of Appeal’s conclusion is to be welcomed. Had the outcome been different, this would have triggered a set of difficult questions of how to amend the regulatory framework in order to address this issue. The judgment may, however, still be appealed. CC BY-SA 4.0 Finland Hate Speech Hate Speech Regulation Incitement of Racial Hatred Neonazi Party Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/rallying-under-a-nazi-swastika-flag/ raw object