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105th Congress > House > Vote 630

Date: November 13, 1997

Result: 396-2 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 637

Vote Subject Matter: Foreign and Defense Policy / Foreign Policy Resolutions

Sponsor: GILMAN, Benjamin Arthur (R-NY)

Bill number: HCONRES137

Question: On motion to suspend the rules and agree

Description: International Tribunal to Try Iraqi War Criminals

Bill summary: Deplores the Iraqi Government's pattern of gross violation of human rights, condemns its repeated use of force and weapons of mass destruction against its own citizens as well as neighboring states, and denounces its refusal to comply with international human rights instruments or cooperate with international monitoring bodies and compliance mechanisms. Calls upon the President and the Secretary of State to: (1) endorse the formation of an international criminal tribunal for the purpose of prosecuting Saddam Hussein and all other Iraqi officials who are responsible for crimes against humanity; and (2) work within the international community for the adoption of a United Nations Security Council resolution establishing an International Criminal Court for Iraq.

Bill titles: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the urgent need for an international criminal tribunal to try members of the Iraqi regime for crimes against humanity.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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