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Practice question: Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law, Genocide, and Other Crimes Against Humanity (RA 9851, Ch. III)

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Practice question

A speaker directly and publicly incites others to commit genocide, but argues that section 5 cannot apply unless a completed killing is first proved. Explain the separate prohibition and distinguish it from the completed genocidal acts in section 5(a).

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2009/ra_9851_2009.html — RA 9851, Chapter III, sections 4–6, war crimes, genocide, direct public incitement and other crimes against humanity; section 3 supplies the related contextual definitions.

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