11 For this paper, we exclude § 130 StGB 12 , that covers incitement to hatred against a national, racial, religious group or a group defined by their ethnic origins, due to an additional complexity of the assessment.
to understand their elements in detail, it is crucial to refer to the more general legal concept behind these criminal offenses: as illustrated in Fig  the scope of protection of § 185 to § 187 StGB follows the respective interpretation of the right to honor.