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4.1.1. Law
176. As previously held by this Chamber and affirmed by the Supreme Court
Chamber, crimes against humanity have been established international crimes since
the Nuremberg Charter and formed part of customary international law during the
period of the ECCC’s temporal jurisdiction.525 Therefore charges of crimes against
humanity pursuant Article 5 of the ECCC Law accord with the principle of legality,526
subject to an additional finding that charged offences or modes of responsibility were
“sufficiently foreseeable and that the law providing for such liability [was]
sufficiently accessible [to the accused] at the relevant time.”527 Such analysis is to be
conducted at the level of the underlying crime or mode of liability, rather than for the
category of crimes against humanity as a whole.
177. Offences listed in Article 5 of the ECCC Law constitute crimes against
humanity only if the following chapeau requirements are established: (i) there is an
attack; (ii) that is widespread or systematic; (iii) and directed against any civilian
population; (iv) on national, political, ethnical, racial or religious grounds; (v) there is
a nexus between the acts of the direct perpetrator and the attack; and (vi) the accused
or the perpetrator has the requisite knowledge.528 The Chamber has held previously
that the definition of crimes against humanity under customary international law in
1975 no longer requires a nexus to armed conflict.529 Consequently, the Chamber
against human dignity); 1448-1469 (other inhumane acts, forced transfer); 1470-1478 (other inhumane
acts, enforced disappearances). As concerns murder, See also, Annex: List of paragraphs and portions
of the Closing Order relevant to Case 002/01, amended further to the Trial Chamber’s Decision on
IENG Thirith’s Fitness to Stand Trial (E138) and the Trial Chamber’s Decision on Co-Prosecutors’
Request to Include Additional crime Sites within the Scope of Trial in Case002/01 (E163), E124/7.3,
pp. 2-3.
525
KAING Guek Eav Trial Judgement, paras 283-289; KAING Guek Eav Appeal Judgement, paras
100-104.
526
KAING Guek Eav Trial Judgement, paras 283-296; KAING Guek Eav Appeal Judgement, paras
100-104.
527
KAING Guek Eav Appeal Judgement, para. 96, citing Ojdanić Jurisdiction Appeal Decision (Joint
Criminal Enterprise), paras 21, 37.
528
KAING Guek Eav Appeal Judgement, para. 106; KAING Guek Eav Trial Judgement, para. 297.
529
KAING Guek Eav Trial Judgement, paras 291-292; Decision on Co-Prosecutors’ Request to
Exclude Armed Conflict Nexus Requirement from the Definition of Crimes Against Humanity, E95/8,
26 October 2011, para. 33.
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