# Direct and Public Incitement to Genocide **Entity class:** International criminal-law concept **Direct and public incitement to commit genocide** is independently punishable under Article III of the 1948 Genocide Convention. The doctrine recognizes an upstream informational act as an inchoate offense without making every hateful, extremist, or propagandistic statement legally equivalent to incitement. ## Relationships [[wiki/Ideological Preparation for Genocide|Ideological Preparation for Genocide]] · [[wiki/Information Weapon|Information Weapon]] · [[wiki/Weaponized Ideology|Weaponized Ideology]] ## Sources - [United Nations — Genocide Convention, December 9, 1948](https://www.un.org/fr/node/218409) **As of:** 2026-09-23