Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the governments of the United States, the United Kingdom, and other nations constituting the coalition conducting Operation Iraqi Freedom should prosecute by tribunal persons in the Government of Iraq, persons in the armed forces of Iraq, and any other person, who orders or participates in, or supports acts in violation of the international law of armed conflict that are directed at members of the armed forces of the coalition nations or at the Iraqi people or any other nation; and (2) in the determination of the violations of the international law of armed conflict to be tried by the tribunal, particular attention should be given to specified acts and abuses that, as of the date of this resolution, have already been committed by Iraqi directed forces.
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[H. Res. 203 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 203
Calling for the prosecution of Iraqis and their supporters for war
crimes, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 11, 2003
Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. Weller) submitted the
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on
International Relations
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RESOLUTION
Calling for the prosecution of Iraqis and their supporters for war
crimes, and for other purposes.
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives
that--
(1) the governments of the United States, the United
Kingdom, and other nations comprising the coalition conducting
Operation Iraqi Freedom should prosecute by tribunal persons in
the Government of Iraq, persons in the armed forces of Iraq,
and any other person, regardless of nationality, who orders,
directs, solicits, procures, coordinates, participates in, or
supports acts in violation of the international law of armed
conflict (including the aspects of such law known as the Hague
and Geneva Conventions) that are directed at members of the
armed forces of the coalition nations or at the people of Iraq
or any other nation;
(2) in the determination of appropriate persons to be
charged and tried by such tribunal on the basis of command
responsibility for any violation, consideration should be given
to identifying responsible persons throughout the full range of
the chain of command, and not only persons within formal chains
of command of the government and armed forces of Iraq, but also
persons integral to any informal link by which a person in the
government of Iraq or the armed forces of Iraq, or any other
person, directs paramilitary, political, or guerrilla forces;
(3) in the determination of appropriate persons to be
charged and tried by such tribunal, consideration should also
be given to identifying persons who use political position or
mass media in any of the violations; and
(4) in the determination of the violations of the
international law of armed conflict to be tried by the
tribunal, particular attention should be given to acts in the
nature of those that, as of the date of this resolution, have
already been committed by Iraqi directed forces, such as--
(A) the abuse of places protected from military
attack under international law of armed conflict, such
as the use of mosques and hospitals as military
headquarters or for other military purposes;
(B) the ruse by which Iraqi combatants wear
civilian clothing instead of, or over, uniforms to
conceal their status as combatants and, while so
clothed, attack coalition forces;
(C) the ruse by which Iraqi combatants feign
surrender to coalition forces to gain advantage used by
the Iraqi combatants to attack personnel of the
coalition forces;
(D) the use of civilians or other persons protected
under international law of armed conflict as human
shields for Iraqi combatants on the battlefield;
(E) assault, murder, kidnapping, or torture of
civilians or other persons protected under
international law in order to terrorize those persons
or others or to prevent them from gaining the
protection of coalition forces;
(F) abuse, torture, assault, or murder of personnel
of coalition forces entitled to treatment as prisoners
of war or of civilians entitled to a protected status
under international law; and
(G) recruitment or encouragement of non-Iraqi
foreign nationals to engage in violations of the
international law of armed conflict.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
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