---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 8213"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "8213"
heading: "Investigations of violations of international humanitarian law"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/8213"
units:
  - "Chapter 89 — Advancing Democratic Values"
  - "Subchapter I — Activities to Enhance the Promotion of Democracy"
---

# §8213. Investigations of violations of international humanitarian law

- (a) **In general—** The President, with the assistance of the [Secretary](/usc/22/8203.md?p=7), 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.
- (b) **Accountability—** 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)](#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.)