S. Res. 340 — what changed
Expressing the sense of the Senate that the atrocities perpetrated by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq and Syria include war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.
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That it is the Senate—sense of the Senate that—
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finds that ISIS, its affiliated organizations, and supporters are parts of an expanding, worldwide criminal network, the members atrocities perpetrated by the Islamic State of which have pledged allegiance to its leaders, support its actions, act Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against Christians, Yezidis, Shi'a, and other religious and ethnic minorities in concert with them, claim credit for targeted killings, Iraq and are “fully aware that [their] participation” Syria constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity, and support will “assist [in] the commission” of its crimes;genocide;
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finds that ISIS all governments, and its affiliated international organizations maintain sophisticated publishing and social media networks that seek to attract others to join should call ISIL atrocities by their efforts and seek to incite the murder of Christians, Shia and Sunni Muslims, Jews, rightful names: war crimes, crimes against humanity, and any religious believers who refuse to convert to their Wahhabi-Salafist jihadist ideology;genocide;
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declares that ISIS and its leaders the member states of the United Nations should be charged with genocide, coordinate urgently on measures to prevent further war crimes, crimes against humanity, and war crimes;genocide by ISIL in Iraq and Syria, and to punish those responsible for these ongoing crimes, including by the collection and preservation of evidence and, if necessary, the establishment and operation of appropriate tribunals;
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calls upon on the Attorney General to investigate Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Lebanese Republic, the Republic of Turkey, and prosecute any United States citizens or residents alleged the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq are to be perpetrators of or complicit in these crimes commended for, and to report back to Congress regarding what steps are being taken supported in, their efforts to investigate shelter and prosecute protect those involved;fleeing the violence of ISIL and other combatants until they can safely return to their homes in Iraq and Syria; and
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calls upon the Secretary protracted Syrian civil war and the indiscriminate violence of the Treasury to investigate and sanction any person, organization, business, or financial institution alleged Assad regime have contributed to be perpetrators the growth of or complicit in these crimes, ISIL and to report back to Congress regarding what additional authority, if any, is needed will continue to disrupt ISIS financial support networks;do so as long as this conflict continues.
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calls upon the President to authorize the Secretary of State, the Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, and the Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues to cooperate in the collection of forensic evidence of crimes against humanity, genocide, war crimes, slavery, or other violations of international humanitarian law;
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calls on the President, the Secretary of State, and the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, working through the United Nations Security Council and its member states as appropriate, to accelerate the implementation of an immediate, coordinated, and sustained response to provide humanitarian assistance, protect civilians, build resilience, and help reestablish livelihoods for displaced and persecuted persons in their communities of origin;
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calls upon the contracting parties to the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, signed at Paris December 9, 1948, and other international agreements forbidding war crimes and crimes against humanity, to join with the United States in an effort to investigate, arrest, and prosecute individual and organizational perpetrators responsible for these crimes;
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calls upon the United Nations Secretary-General to urge all United Nations member states to cooperate in an international effort to investigate, try, and prosecute all cases in which prosecutors can prove that the accused have committed crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide;
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makes an urgent appeal to the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf to collaborate on the establishment and operation of domestic, regional, and hybrid international tribunals with jurisdiction to punish the individuals and organizations responsible for or complicit in actions that constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide; and
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commends the Governments of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, and every other country sheltering and protecting individuals fleeing the violence of ISIS.