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HCONRES 97 111th Congress House International Affairs Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation International organizations and cooperation Specialized courts United Nations War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Calling on the President to support United Nations Security Council referrals of situations involving genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity to the International Criminal Court, to…

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Calling on the President to support United Nations Security Council referrals of situations involving genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity to the International Criminal Court, to cooperate with investigations and prosecutions conducted by the International Criminal Court, and participate as an observer at meetings of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute.

Introduced: April 2, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should support U.N. Security Council referrals and prosecutions of situations involving genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity to the International Criminal Court (ICC), except where such a referral would not be in the U.S. national interest.

What's happening now April 2, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Sep 9, 2009
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Apr 2, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 97: Calling on the President to support United Nations Security Council referrals of situations involving genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity to the International Criminal Court, to cooperate with investigations and prosecutions conducted by the International Criminal Court, and participate as an observer at meetings of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-97/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 97: Calling on the President to support United Nations Security Council referrals of situations involving genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity to the International Criminal Court, to cooperate with investigations and prosecutions conducted by the International Criminal Court, and participate as an observer at meetings of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-97/.
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H. Con. Res. 97, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-97/.
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[H. Con. Res. 97: Calling on the President to support United Nations Security Council referrals of situations involving genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity to the International Criminal Court, to cooperate with investigations and prosecutions conducted by the International Criminal Court, and participate as an observer at meetings of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-97/)
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