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Calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and others to be tried before the International Criminal Court for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.

H. Res. 229 · 113th Congress · May 21, 2013 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the House of Representatives—
(1)
strongly condemns the ongoing violence and the systematic gross human rights violations carried out by Syrian Government forces under direction of President Bashar al-Assad as well as abuses committed by opposition forces;
(2)
expresses its support for the people of Syria seeking peaceful democratic change; and
(3)
calls on the United Nations Security Council, based on evidence that war crimes and crimes against humanity have been perpetrated in Syria, to refer the situation of Syria to the International Criminal Court.