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HCONRES 45 103th Congress House International Affairs Bosnia and Herzegovina Civil War Conferences Crimes against women Criminal investigation Human rights International courts Pregnancy Prosecution Rape Serbia Sex discrimination against women United Nations Violence War crime trials War crimes Yugoslavia

Expressing the sense of the Congress concerning rape and forced pregnancy of women and girls in the former Yugoslavia.

Introduced: March 9, 1993 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
Mar 9, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Security, International Organizations and Human Rights.
Mar 9, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Feb 18, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Feb 18, 1993
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the widespread rape and forced pregnancy of women and girls in the former Yugoslavia constitute war crimes; (2) the United Nations (UN) Security Council and UN Human Rights Commission should adopt resolutions explicitly recognizing that rape and forced pregnancy constitute war crimes; (3) such war crimes should be investigated by an international tribunal; (4) such tribunal may be convened by the UN at the highest level and should be provided with clear authority to investigate, prosecute, adjudicate, and punish those responsible for those and other crimes; (5) the UN should appoint a special rapporteur on sex discrimination and violence against women; and (6) the 1993 UN World Conference on Human Rights in June should consider violations of the human rights of women.

What's happening now March 9, 1993

Referred to the Subcommittee on International Security, International Organizations and Human Rights.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3 Republican 1
D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 30, 1993
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 9, 1993
POMEROY, EARL
· Mar 9, 1993
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Mar 9, 1993
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Feb 18, 1993
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 45: Expressing the sense of the Congress concerning rape and forced pregnancy of women and girls in the former Yugoslavia.. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HCONRES-45/
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"H. Con. Res. 45: Expressing the sense of the Congress concerning rape and forced pregnancy of women and girls in the former Yugoslavia.." 103rd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HCONRES-45/.
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H. Con. Res. 45, 103rd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HCONRES-45/.
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