Genocide Is Still Illegal in the United Kingdom
The Claim
The UK recently repealed the Genocide Act of 1969 in preparation for some future state conspiracy.
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Emerging story
In April, reports began circulating of people showing outrage over the repeal of the UK’s Genocide Act of 1969. Users stated various reasons for concern—from one person saying, “It is no longer a crime to commit genocide?” to a Facebook user drawing a parallel that the repeal of the act was done, “so they can blame our...irresponsibility...when the ‘third wave’ (aka vaccine enhancement syndrome) hits.”
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar’s analysis finds these claims to be misleading on the basis of misinformation. The UK Genocide Act of 1969 was repealed in 2001, not 2021 as several social media users claimed. It was replaced by the International Criminal Court Act, which also outlaws genocide as well as “crimes against humanity” and “war crime.” Genocide is definitely still illegal in the United Kingdom.
One social media user links to a personal website detailing the reasons he believes the Genocide Act was removed and the International Criminal Court Act was put in it’s place. He falsely states that the new legislation removes the ability to punish “‘constitutionally responsible rulers, public officials or private individuals,’” but Section 23 of the International Criminal Court Act, adopted in 2018, explicitly details that, “any state or diplomatic immunity... does not prevent proceedings” and in Subsection 6 that immunity is defined as, “any privilege or immunity attaching to a person, by reason of the status of that person or another as head of state, or as a representative, official or agent of a state.” The user goes on to propose conspiracy theories surrounding what he calls, “COVID-1984” in an attempt to connect the pandemic to George Orwell’s 1949 dystopian novel.
