In 2016, the icty Trial Chamber found one of the greatest hate and fear propagandists of the Yugoslav wars, Dr Vojislav Šešelj, not guilty on all counts of the indictment. A full comprehension of the role the propaganda played was lost and the partial reversal of the judgment at the Appeals Chamber provided little improvement in this regard. Yet the blame does not solely rest with the Chambers but also with the Prosecution and an utterly fragmented law applicable to hate and fear propaganda. This article looks in depth at the Šešelj case in order to highlight the many hurdles to effective prosecution, some specific to the case and others symptomatic generally of propaganda trials. It then takes a multi-disciplinary approach in presenting the nature of hate and fear propaganda to suggest a broader way of looking at causality as well as to argue for reform of the current applicable law.

2016年，冰冷的审判分庭发现南斯拉夫战争中最大的仇恨和恐惧宣传者之一VojislavŠešelj博士对起诉书的所有罪名均无罪。宣传所起的作用已完全丧失，上诉分庭的部分判决被撤销，在这方面没有什么改善。然而，不仅应归咎于分庭，还应归咎于控方和适用于仇恨和恐惧宣传的完全零散的法律。本文深入探讨了Šešelj为了强调有效起诉的许多障碍，有些是针对该案的，而另一些通常是宣传审判的对症。然后，它采取多学科的方法来介绍仇恨和恐惧宣传的性质，以提出一种更广泛的方式来研究因果关系，并主张改革现行的适用法律。