3.0.0 428 2022-02-03T05:54:26Z 2022-02-03T05:54:26Z Senate S SRES 2012-04-19 112 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-04-19T18:03:13Z 2012-04-19 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2551-2552) IntroReferral 2012-04-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2552-2553) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2012-04-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2012-04-19 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2012-04-19 True K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 2012-04-19 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2012-04-19 True C000542 Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] DANIEL COATS R IN RAY 2012-04-19 True M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2012-04-19 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2012-04-19 True C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2012-06-14 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2012-07-18 False International Affairs Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Evidence and witnesses Human rights Middle East Political movements and philosophies Protest and dissent Rule of law and government transparency Syria United Nations War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity International Affairs 00 2012-04-19 Introduced in Senate 2012-04-24T20:05:56Z Condemns the government of Syria, Syrian security forces, and the President of the Syrian Arab Republic for attacks against the civilian population of Syria.

Commends the President for the U.S. vote at the U.N. Security Council to condemn the violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms by the Syrian authorities.

Urges the President to collect information on incidents in Syria that may constitute crimes against humanity and take action to ensure that the government of Syria, its leaders, and senior officials who are responsible for such crimes are brought to account in an appropriately constituted tribunal.

Urges the President to formally establish the Atrocities Prevention Board and for the Board to provide recommendations to the President concerning the prevention of mass atrocities in Syria.

Urges the international community to review legal processes available to hold officials of the government of Syria, Syrian security forces, and the President of the Syrian Arab Republic accountable for crimes against humanity and violations of human rights.

Supports the people of Syria as they seek to exercise universal rights and pursue peaceful democratic change.

]]> A resolution condemning the Government of Syria for crimes against humanity, and for other purposes. Display Title A resolution condemning the Government of Syria for crimes against humanity, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A resolution condemning the Government of Syria for crimes against humanity, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2012-04-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112sres428is/xml/BILLS-112sres428is.xml 2012-04-19 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2551-2552) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.