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Crimes Against Humanity
Kevin Jon Heller
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Abstract
This chapter discusses the tribunals' interpretation of the crimes against humanity provision in Law No. 10. Sections 1–3 examine the three categories of crimes against humanity that were discussed by the tribunals: atrocities and persecutions committed in occupied territory that also qualified as war crimes; wartime atrocities and persecutions committed outside of occupied territory; and atrocities and persecutions committed before the war. Section 4 then discusses the contextual elements that the tribunals applied to all three categories of crimes against humanity — their widespread and systematic commission pursuant to a government policy. Finally, Section 5 focuses on the specific crimes against humanity enumerated in Article II(1)(c), with an emphasis on genocide.