Calling on Azerbaijan to immediately comply with international commitments regarding the release and treatment of prisoners of war, hostages, and other detained persons.
Latest action · Nov 9, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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- IntroducedNov 9, 2023
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
This resolution calls on Azerbaijan to immediately return all Armenian prisoners of war, hostages, and other detained persons and to provide information on those detained or deceased in custody. It also (1) calls on the President to impose human rights sanctions on Azerbaijani officials involved in illegal detention, torture, and extrajudicial killing of Armenian prisoners of war and other detained persons; (2) calls on the President to suspend military or security assistance to Azerbaijan; and (3) urges the Department of State to make clear to Azerbaijani authorities their obligations under international law to release and treat humanely all prisoners of war and other detained persons.
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 9, 2023 to Sep 18, 2024, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Original | Nov 9, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Nov 9, 2023 |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Original | Nov 9, 2023 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Nov 14, 2023 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Nov 14, 2023 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Nov 14, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Nov 17, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Nov 17, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Nov 28, 2023 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Dec 1, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Dec 29, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Jan 31, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Feb 23, 2024 | |
| R-CA | John S. Duarte | Feb 26, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Mar 11, 2024 |
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- Nov 9, 2023Introduced in House
- Nov 9, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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- Nov 9, 2023Introduced in House
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