Odpowiedzialność karna artysty za przestępstwo obrazy uczuć religijnych

Abstract

The article focuses on possible exclusion of the criminal liability of artists for their conduct bearing the hallmarks of the crime of insulting religious feelings which is a manifestation of their creative expression. It includes analysis of the notion of a “lawful excuse” for thearts postulated to date. The article also discusses the importance of the right enjoyed by journalists to publish critical appraisals of creative, professional and public activities and its impact on the assessment of the punishability of conduct insulting religious feelings. Further, references are made to possibly evoking, in the case of the crime of insulting religious feelings, to the “justification of the injured party’sconsent”, in particular when the injured party becomes familiar with content insulting their religious feelings intentionally and voluntarily. Dogmatic considerations have been supplemented with a presentation of court rulings pertaining to the matters discussed in the article.