HRES 118 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Calling for the establishment of an international criminal tribunal for the purpose of indicting, prosecuting, and imprisoning Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi officials who are responsible for crimes against humanity, genocide, and other criminal violations of international law.

Introduced Feb 27, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Curt Weldon R-PA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 27, 2003 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

Progress

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IntroducedFeb 27, 2003
Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

Urges the President, consistent with specified Federal law and the passage of specified House and Senate resolutions, to call upon the United Nations to establish an international criminal tribunal for the purpose of indicting, prosecuting, and imprisoning Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi officials who are responsible for crimes against humanity, genocide, and other criminal violations of international law.

Cosponsors 59

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2003 to May 21, 2003, with 46 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-MD	Benjamin L. Cardin	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-MA	Bill Delahunt	Original	Feb 27, 2003
R-PA	Bill Shuster	Original	Feb 27, 2003
R-NC	Cass Ballenger	Original	Feb 27, 2003
R-GA	Charles W. Norwood	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-TX	Chet Edwards	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-TX	Ciro D. Rodriguez	Original	Feb 27, 2003
R-MI	Dave Camp	Original	Feb 27, 2003
R-OH	David L. Hobson	Original	Feb 27, 2003
R-PA	Don Sherwood	Original	Feb 27, 2003
R-CA	Duncan Hunter	Original	Feb 27, 2003
R-MI	Fred Upton	Original	Feb 27, 2003
R-OR	Greg Walden	Original	Feb 27, 2003
R-NC	Howard Coble	Original	Feb 27, 2003

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Feb 27, 2003Introduced in House
Feb 27, 2003Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

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