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HRES 494 104th Congress House International Affairs Africa (Sub-Saharan) Arrest Crime and Law Enforcement Crimes against humanity Genocide Human rights Prosecution Rwanda United Nations War crime trials War crimes

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that criminals from the genocide in Rwanda should be brought to justice by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

Introduced: July 30, 1996 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 4, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa.
Jul 30, 1996
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Jul 30, 1996
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Calls for: (1) condemnation of the perpetrators of genocide and other crimes against humanity and violations of fundamental human rights in Rwanda; (2) the international community and the United States to provide the resources to avoid unnecessary and damaging delay in the justice process; (3) prosecution of those individuals who have been indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; (4) coordination between the Tribunal and the Rwandan national justice system; (5) all countries to ensure that individuals indicted by the Tribunal who are in such countries be apprehended and turned over to the Tribunal for prosecution; and (6) the President to instruct the U.S. representative to the United Nations to vote in the United Nations Security Council to ensure that such indicted individuals are apprehended and prosecuted.

What's happening now September 4, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2