[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 491 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 491

  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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 1996

   Mr. Payne of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Porter, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
Bereuter, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Wolf, 
  Mr. Fattah, Mr. Torricelli, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Olver, Mr. Evans, Ms. 
    Waters, Mr. Conyers, and Mr. Cummings) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International 
                               Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  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.

Whereas the world community should not tolerate crimes against humanity or any 
        other serious violations of international humanitarian law;
Whereas war criminals who were responsible for the most horrendous crimes 
        against humanity the world has ever witnessed were brought to justice 
        with trials in Nuremberg, Germany;
Whereas the world community has witnessed in Rwanda genocide, systematic mass 
        murders, violations of the human rights of individuals, and many other 
        crimes against humanity;
Whereas there is no place in the world community for individuals who perpetrate, 
        order, or condone crimes against humanity;
Whereas swift and effective justice is the most effective deterrent against the 
        recurrence of crimes against humanity; and
Whereas justice is and can be the only foundation for a lasting peace: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) the perpetrators of genocide and other crimes against 
        humanity and violations of fundamental human rights in Rwanda 
        should be condemned and that the international community and 
        the United States should provide the resources to avoid 
        unnecessary and damaging delay in the justice process;
            (2) those individuals who have been indicted by the 
        International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda should be prosecuted 
        by the Tribunal for their crimes;
            (3) close coordination between the International Criminal 
        Tribunal for Rwanda and the Rwandan national justice system is 
        needed because many individuals who have been indicted by the 
        Tribunal are being held for potential prosecution in the 
        Rwandan national justice system;
            (4) all countries should take the appropriate measures 
        necessary to ensure that those individuals indicted by the 
        International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda found within the 
        borders of such countries be apprehended and turned over to the 
        Tribunal for prosecution; and
            (5) the President should instruct the United States 
        representative to the United Nations to use the voice and vote 
        of the United States in the United Nations Security Council to 
        ensure that such indicted individuals are apprehended and 
        prosecuted.
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