GENOCIDE

Addresses

Israeli Concerns Relative to Iranian Nuclear Threat, Right of Self-Defense Against Terrorism, and Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process: Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, E2414-E2416 [1OC]

Amendments

Dept. of Justice: establish a section to enforce human rights laws and make technical and conforming amendments to criminal and immigration laws pertaining to human rights violations (S. 1472), S11974 [21NO]

Articles and editorials

Auschwitz in Korea, S4485 [21AP]

Auschwitz Under Our Noses, S4488 [21AP]

Study Backs Bosnian Serb's Claim of Immunity, S4487 [21AP]

Teenager Who Exposed Auschwitz, S4486 [21AP]

Bills and resolutions

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 54), H1606 [13FE]

Crime: penalize crimes against humanity (see S. 1346), S6993 [24JN]

Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see S. 892), S4669 [23AP] (see H.R. 2089), H4732 [23AP]

Dept. of Justice: anniversary of Office of Special Investigations (see H. Res. 755), H9730 [17SE]

———establish a section to enforce human rights laws and make technical and conforming amendments to criminal and immigration laws pertaining to human rights violations (see S. 1472), S7699 [20JY]

Foreign policy: ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity on human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (see S. Res. 316), S10635 [21OC] (see H. Res. 252), H3527 [17MR]

Human rights: grieve for loss of life during the Third Reich, continue efforts for tolerance and justice, and honor transparency, accountability, rule of law, and struggle for freedom and human rights (see H. Con. Res. 7), H71 [7JA]

International Criminal Court: commend for issuing a warrant for arrest of Sudanese President Omar H.A. al-Bashir and express hope that this will be a step towards achieving peace and stability in the Darfur region (see H. Res. 241), H3401 [12MR]

———support U.N. Security Council referrals of certain situations to the Court, cooperate with investigations and prosecutions, and participate in Assembly of States Parties (see H. Con. Res. 97), H4523 [2AP]

International law: hold surviving Nazi war criminals accountable for war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity committed during World War II by encouraging foreign prosecution and extradition (see S. 1704), S9840 [24SE] (see H.R. 1439), H3337 [11MR]

Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets: support goals and objectives (see S. Con. Res. 23), S5615 [19MY] (see H. Con. Res. 89), H4129 [30MR]

Rwanda: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 87), H4129 [30MR]

Sudan: anniversary of declaration of genocide in Darfur (see H. Con. Res. 159), H7445 [25JN]

World War II: ensure that U.S. courts provide a forum for claims brought against any railroad arising from the deportation of individuals to Nazi concentration camps (see S. 28), S169 [7JA] (see H.R. 4237), H13628 (see H.R. 4237), H14371 [8DE]

Letters

Crimes Against Humanity Act: several organizations, S7012 [24JN]

Messages

Continuation of National Emergency With Respect to Blocking the Property of Persons Contributing to the Conflict Taking Place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: President Obama, S10570 [20OC], H11482 [20OC]

National Emergency Relative to Sudan: President Obama, S10775 [27OC], H11826 [27OC]

Remarks in House

Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud: condemn statements regarding Israel, H4667 [22AP], H4757 [27AP], H4970 [29AP]

American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists: tribute to Durban II Counter-Conference, E963 [23AP], E976 [27AP]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H4589 [22AP], E935, E939 [22AP], E949, E950, E951, E956, E959, E969 [23AP], E993 [28AP]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: anniversary of massacre at Srebrenica, E1717 [10JY]

———anniversary of massacre at Zepa, E2004 [24JY], E2020 [27JY], E2060 [29JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (H. Con. Res. 54), H4188 [31MR]

Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (H.R. 2089), E962 [23AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish a section to enforce human rights laws and make technical and conforming amendments to criminal and immigration laws pertaining to human rights violations (S. 1472), H14892-H14894 [15DE]

Dept. of State: appoint special envoy to Sudan, H1214 [11FE], H2934 [4MR], H3724, H3727 [23MR], H9478 [14SE]

Foreign policy: ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity on human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (H. Res. 252), E922, E924, E937 [22AP], E962 [23AP], E993 [28AP]

———U.S. policy on Liberia, Sudan, and Haiti, H3728 [23MR]

Genocide Prevention Month: observance, E839 [1AP]

Holocaust Remembrance Day: observance, E899, E901, E905, E909, E910, E917 [21AP], E961 [23AP]

International Criminal Court: commend for issuing a warrant for arrest of Sudanese President Omar H.A. al-Bashir and express hope that this will be a step towards achieving peace and stability in the Darfur region (H. Res. 241), E664 [12MR]

Nagorno-Karabakh: anniversary of genocide in Khojaly, E463 [26FE]

Netanyahu, Benjamin: speech at U.N., H10413 [1OC]

Ottoman Empire: anniversary of Pontian Greek genocide, E1190 [18MY]

Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets: support goals and objectives (H. Con. Res. 89), H7687 [26JN]

Sudan: anniversary of declaration of genocide in Darfur (H. Con. Res. 159), H8883, H8946-H8948 [28JY], H9038 [29JY]

———develop comprehensive interagency strategy to address humanitarian crisis in Darfur, H6487, H6488 [10JN], H11558 [21OC], E1382 [11JN]

———humanitarian crisis in Darfur, H3724, H3727, H3729, H3731 [23MR]

Turkey: condemn decision by Islamic-oriented human rights group to investigate whether war crimes and genocide were committed by Israel during conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, H1593 [13FE]

———ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity on human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide, E789 [26MR]

U.N.: U.N. Relief Works Agency decision to not add the Holocaust to the history curriculum in Gaza and West Bank schools after objection from Hamas, H9497 [15SE]

Ukraine: anniversary of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933, E2735 [6NO]

World War II: ensure that U.S. courts provide a forum for claims brought against any railroad arising from the deportation of individuals to Nazi concentration camps (H.R. 4237), E2912 [8DE]

Remarks in Senate

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, S4708, S4717, S4718 [24AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (H. Con. Res. 54), S4226 [1AP]

Crime: penalize crimes against humanity (S. 1346), S7010-S7013 [24JN]

Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (S. 892), S4748 [27AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish a section to enforce human rights laws and make technical and conforming amendments to criminal and immigration laws pertaining to human rights violations (S. 1472), S7702 [20JY], S11974-S11976 [21NO], S13243 [15DE]

Holocaust Remembrance Day: observance, S4431 [20AP], S4476, S4501, S4502 [21AP], S4604 [23AP]

International law: hold surviving Nazi war criminals accountable for war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity committed during World War II by encouraging foreign prosecution and extradition (S. 1704), S9842 [24SE]

Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets: support goals and objectives (S. Con. Res. 23), S5624 [19MY], S6714 [17JN], S6825 [18JN]

Rwanda: anniversary of genocide, S4437 [20AP]

Reports filed

Human Rights Enforcement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1472), S11253 [6NO]

Support Goals and Objectives of Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 23), S6649 [16JN]

Statements

Genocide Prevention Month Statement: Genocide Prevention Project (organization), E839 [1AP]

Third Totalitarian Threat: Richard Schifter, E963-E965 [23AP]

Testimonies

Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement: Amir Osman, Save Darfur Coalition, E2155 [31JY]

———Ezekiel L. Gatkuoth, E2145-E2147 [31JY]

———John Prendergast, Enough Project (organization), E2120 [31JY]

———Roger Winter, E2088 [29JY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 54, permit use of Capitol rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust, H4188 [31MR]

H. Con. Res. 89, support goals and objectives of Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets, H7687 [26JN]

H. Con. Res. 159, Darfur, Sudan genocide declaration anniversary, H8946 [28JY]

S. 1346, Crimes Against Humanity Act, S7011 [24JN]

S. 1472, Human Rights Enforcement Act, S7703 [20JY], S11974, S11976 [21NO], H14892 [15DE]

S. Con. Res. 23, support goals and objectives of Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets, S5624 [19MY], S6825 [18JN]

S. Res. 316, Affirmation of the U.S. Record on the Armenian Genocide Resolution, S10644 [21OC]