22 U.S.C. § 8213 — Investigations of violations of international humanitarian law
submitted 19 years ago by Pub. L. 110-53 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 108 words · no verdicts yet
The President must gather information about possible war crimes, genocide, and slavery abroad. The President must then consider ways to hold responsible governments and leaders accountable in a proper tribunal.
(a) In general: The President must collect information about incidents that might be crimes against humanity, genocide, slavery, or other violations of international humanitarian law. The Secretary* of State, the Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, and the Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues must help with this.
(b) Accountability: After the President identifies these incidents, the President must think about what steps to take. The goal is to make sure that any government, or the leaders and senior officials of that government, who are responsible for these crimes are held accountable. They should be judged before a properly set up tribunal (a court created to handle this kind of case).
The President, with the assistance of the Secretary*, the Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, and the Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, shall collect information regarding incidents that may constitute crimes against humanity, genocide, slavery, or other violations of international humanitarian law.
The President shall consider what actions can be taken to ensure that any government of a country or the leaders or senior officials of such government who are responsible for crimes against humanity, genocide, slavery, or other violations of international humanitarian law identified under subsection (a) are brought to account for such crimes in an appropriately constituted tribunal.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 110–53, title XXI, § 2113, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 531.)
- 2007Enacted · Pub. L. 110-53 · 121 Stat. 531
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