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HCONRES 16 103th Congress House International Affairs Civil War Crimes against humanity International courts Serbia United Nations War crime trials War crimes Yugoslavia

Calling on the President to work to convene an international tribunal for war crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia.

Introduced: January 6, 1993 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
Mar 22, 1993
Executive Comment Received from State.
Feb 2, 1993
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H316-317)
Jan 25, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Jan 25, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Security, International Organizations and Human Rights.
Jan 22, 1993
Executive Comment Requested from State.
Jan 6, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jan 6, 1993
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Supports the efforts of the United Nations Secretary-General and the Security Council to create an international tribunal to investigate allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed within the territory of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Urges the President to work to convene an international tribunal to try any individual responsible for such crimes.

What's happening now March 22, 1993

Executive Comment Received from State.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Feb 24, 1993
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Feb 3, 1993
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 16: Calling on the President to work to convene an international tribunal for war crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia.. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HCONRES-16/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 16: Calling on the President to work to convene an international tribunal for war crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia.." 103rd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HCONRES-16/.
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H. Con. Res. 16, 103rd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HCONRES-16/.
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[H. Con. Res. 16: Calling on the President to work to convene an international tribunal for war crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia.](https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HCONRES-16/)
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