Rallying under a Nazi Swastika Flag - Is it a Criminal Act? Nuotio, Kimmo Author aut (orcid)0000-0003-4889-1634 Text xx# 2024 Verfassungsblog 2024-04-24 eng
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 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 Nuotio, Kimmo Finland Hate Speech Hate Speech Regulation Incitement of Racial Hatred Neonazi Party 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/rallying-under-a-nazi-swastika-flag/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/3a03860ac166bed1 240424 10.59704/3a03860ac166bed1 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)