The UNWCC report dedicated an entire chapter to the historical background of the term Crimes Against Humanity, a new indictment beside the two existing Crimes Against Peace and War Crime. The seven page historical background used mainly the Armenian massacres during WWI and the findings of the 1919 Commission of Responsibilities to substantiate the usage of the term Crimes Against Humanity as a precedent for the Nuremberg Charter's Article 6, in turn being the basis for the impending review of the UN Genocide Convention.
The UNWCC report allocated a significant portion of its document to discuss the historical context surrounding the term Crimes Against Humanity. This discussion included the Armenian massacres during WWI and findings from the 1919 Commission of Responsibilities, which were used as precedents for Article 6 of the Nuremberg Charter and later influenced the review of the UN Genocide Convention.