Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the need for investigation and prosecution of the crime of aggression and other international crimes committed by officials of the Government of the Russian Federation against the Government and people of Ukraine, and calling on the President to direct the United States representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to immediately promote the establishment of an appropriate regional or international justice mechanism to investigate and prosecute possible international crimes stemming from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and further calling upon the President to convoke and convene the world's democracies for the purposes of establishing such an international justice mechanism at the earliest possible time, and for other purposes.
Summary
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should urge Russia, Ukraine, and other groups involved in the war in Ukraine to implement an immediate cease-fire and engage in negotiations to end the bloodshed, while demanding that Russia withdraw its forces from Ukraine, the Ukrainian oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk, and the Ukrainian Autonomous Republic of Crimea; the President should direct the U.S. representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to immediately promote the establishment of an international justice mechanism for Russian war crimes and other crimes against Ukraine, and to prosecute the perpetrators of such serious crimes committed during the period of conflict in Ukraine; and the United States should urge all other interested states to apprehend persons indicted for international crimes, deliver them into the custody of an appropriate justice mechanism for Russian war crimes and other crimes against Ukraine, and provide any and all data and information pertaining to such crimes to that justice mechanism.
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Introduction
Mar 2022
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Introduced Mar 7, 2022
Last action Mar 7, 2022
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Mar 7, 2022
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1 primary · 18 co-sponsors
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Party
State
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Christopher H. Smith
RRepublican
Co
Andy Harris
RRepublican
Co
Brian K. Fitzpatrick
RRepublican
Co
Daniel Meuser
RRepublican
Co
Debbie Lesko
RRepublican
Co
Dina Titus
DDemocratic
Co
Jefferson Van Drew
RRepublican
Co
Jim Costa
DDemocratic
Co
Joe Wilson
RRepublican
Co
Marcy Kaptur
DDemocratic
Co
Michael T. McCaul
RRepublican
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