Genocide denial

Genocide denial is the attempt to deny or minimize the scale and severity of an instance of genocide. Denial is an integral part of genocide and includes the secret planning of genocide, propaganda while the genocide is going on, and destruction of evidence of mass killings.

Denial is considered a genocidal process, the final stage, and a catalyst or indicator of future atrocities. Prominent examples include: the denial of the Armenian, Bosnian, Cambodian, Gazan and Rwandan genocides, denial of the Holocaust, and denial of genocides against colonized indigenous peoples.

The distinction between historical revisionism and historical negationism, including genocide denial, rests upon the techniques and motivations which are used.

Historical revisionists and negationists rewrite history in order to support an agenda, which is usually political or ideological, by using falsification and rhetorical fallacies in order to obtain their desired results. Exposure of genocide denial and revisionism surged in the early 21st century, facilitated by the propagation of conspiracy theories and hate speech on social media.

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