Chicago Journal of International Law
Table of Contents
I. Introduction............................................................................................................... 85
II. Pertinent International Crimes .............................................................................. 88
A. Genocide .............................................................................................................. 88
B. Incitement to Genocide ..................................................................................... 91
1. Treaty law: the Genocide Convention, the ICTY and ICTR Statutes, and
the Rome Statute ................................................................................................. 91
2. Caselaw: the International Military Tribunal and the ICTR ..................... 94
a) IMT Caselaw ............................................................................................... 95
b) ICTR Caselaw ............................................................................................. 96
III. Modes of Liability .................................................................................................. 99
A. Aiding and Abetting ........................................................................................... 99
B. Common Purpose ............................................................................................. 100
C. Complicity in Incitement ................................................................................. 101
IV. Corporate Criminal Liability .............................................................................. 103
V. How Social Media Companies Could Be Complicit in Incitement to Genocide
....................................................................................................................................... 106
A. Inciting Genocide on Social Media ................................................................ 107
B. Complicity in Inciting Genocide on Social Media ....................................... 110
1. The CEO ........................................................................................................ 110
2. The manager .................................................................................................. 113
3. The content moderator ................................................................................ 115
4. Normative considerations ............................................................................ 116
VI. Conclusion ............................................................................................................ 117
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