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HJRES 88 102th Congress House International Affairs Human rights International courts Iraq Persian Gulf War Political leadership Prisoners of war War crimes

Declaring that Saddam Hussein should be held legally accountable for his war crimes against American and other allied prisoners of war.

Introduced: January 23, 1991 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 11, 1991
Executive Comment Requested from State.
Jan 31, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science.
Jan 31, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Jan 31, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
Jan 23, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jan 23, 1991
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that: (1) Saddam Hussein should be held legally and morally responsible for the brutal treatment by Iraq of American and other allied prisoners of war and should be tried by an international tribunal for his crimes against such prisoners of war; and (2) under no circumstances should the nations allied against Iraq agree to an arrangement whereby Hussein would resign as president of Iraq in exchange for his not being prosecuted for such crimes.

What's happening now February 11, 1991

Executive Comment Requested from State.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jun 7, 1991
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Apr 30, 1991
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Feb 4, 1991
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 88: Declaring that Saddam Hussein should be held legally accountable for his war crimes against American and other allied prisoners of war.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HJRES-88/
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"H.J. Res. 88: Declaring that Saddam Hussein should be held legally accountable for his war crimes against American and other allied prisoners of war.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HJRES-88/.
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H.J. Res. 88, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HJRES-88/.
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