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HCONRES 154 103th Congress House International Affairs Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Criminal investigation Croatia Denmark Foreign Trade and International Finance France Germany International courts Macedonia Montenegro Prosecution Rape Sanctions (International law) Serbia Slovenia United Nations War crime trials War crimes

Concerning the need for immediate investigation into violations of international law in the former Yugoslavia and prosecution of persons responsible for those violations.

Introduced: September 23, 1993 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 5, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Oct 5, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Security, International Organizations and Human Rights.
Sep 23, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Sep 23, 1993
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2248)
Sep 23, 1993
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Calls on the President to direct the U.S. Representative to the United Nations (UN) to: (1) urge the UN to begin formal investigations into violations of international law that have been committed in the former Yugoslavia since 1991; (2) encourage the UN Commission of Experts to begin using funds earmarked for such investigations by immediately sending teams of investigators to locations in Germany, Austria, Denmark, France, Croatia, Kosovo, and Serbia, where thousands of victims of war crimes are residing; and (3) urge the UN, by October 6, 1993, to appoint a prosecutor for the International Tribunal to continue and expand such investigations and to prosecute persons responsible for such violations.

Encourages the President to provide, on temporary assignment to the Commission or to the prosecutor, Federal personnel who have experience working with victims of rape and other heinous crimes to interview such victims and to gather legal evidence relating to such crimes.

Requests the President to work with the UN to establish a time schedule for aggressive prosecution of persons responsible.

Calls on the UN Security Council to withhold consideration of lifting the economic sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) until all indictments against those persons ultimately responsible for such violations have been issued by the International Tribunal and such persons have surrendered for trial.

What's happening now October 5, 1993

Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.

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