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Calendar No. 610 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 713 

Recognizing Russian actions in Ukraine as a genocide. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 20, 2022 

Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. WICKER, Mrs. 

SHAHEEN, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, Mr. BLUNT, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, 

Mr. KING, Mrs. CAPITO, and Mr. CRAPO) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

DECEMBER 7, 2022 

Reported by Mr. MENENDEZ, with an amendment and an amendment to the 

preamble 

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[Strike the preamble and insert the part printed in italic] 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing Russian actions in Ukraine as a genocide. 

Whereas the Russian Federation’s illegal, premeditated, 

unprovoked, and brutal war against Ukraine includes extensive, systematic, and flagrant atrocities against the 

people of Ukraine; 

Whereas article II of the Convention on the Prevention and 

Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (in this preamble 

referred to as the ‘‘Genocide Convention’’), adopted and 


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opened for signature in 1948 and entered into force in 

1951, defines genocide as ‘‘any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: (a) 

Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily 

or mental harm to members of the group; (c) Deliberately 

inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to 

bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; 

(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within 

the group; (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group 

to another group’’; 

Whereas, on October 3, 2018, the Senate unanimously agreed 

to Senate Resolution 435, 115th Congress, which commemorated the 85th anniversary of the Holodomor and 

‘‘recognize[d] the findings of the Commission on the 

Ukraine Famine as submitted to Congress on April 22, 

1988, including that ‘Joseph Stalin and those around 

him committed genocide against the Ukrainians in 1932– 

1933’ ’’; 

Whereas substantial and significant evidence documents widespread, systematic actions against the Ukrainian people 

committed by Russian forces under the direction of political leadership of the Russian Federation that meet one 

or more of the criteria under article II of the Genocide 

Convention, including— 

(1) killing members of the Ukrainian people in mass 

atrocities through deliberate and regularized murders of 

fleeing civilians and civilians in passing as well as purposeful targeting of homes, schools, hospitals, shelters, 

and other residential and civilian areas; 

(2) causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the Ukrainian people by launching indiscriminate 


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attacks against civilians and civilian areas, conducting 

willful strikes on humanitarian evacuation corridors, and 

employing widespread and systematic sexual violence 

against Ukrainian civilians, including women, children, 

and men; 

(3) deliberately inflicting upon the Ukrainian people 

conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical 

destruction in whole or in part, including displacement 

due to annihilated villages, towns, and cities left devoid 

of food, water, shelter, electricity, and other basic necessities, starvation caused by the destruction of farmlands 

and agricultural equipment, the placing of Russian landmines across thousands of acres of useable fields, and 

blocking the delivery of humanitarian food aid; 

(4) imposing measures intended to prevent births 

among the Ukrainian people, demonstrated by the Russian military’s expansive and direct targeting of maternity hospitals and other medical facilities and systematic 

attacks against residential and civilian areas as well as 

humanitarian corridors intended to deprive Ukrainians of 

safe havens within their own country and the material 

conditions conducive to childrearing; and 

(5) forcibly mass transferring millions of Ukrainian 

civilians, hundreds of thousands of whom are children, to 

the Russian Federation or territories controlled by the 

Russian Federation; 

Whereas the state-level intent of the Russian Federation in 

favor of those heinous crimes against humanity has been 

demonstrated through frequent pronouncements and 

other forms of official communication denying Ukrainian 

nationhood and sovereignty, including President Putin’s 

ahistorical claims that Ukraine is part of a ‘‘single 


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whole’’ Russian nation with ‘‘no historical basis’’ for 

being an independent country; 

Whereas some Russian soldiers and brigades accused of committing war crimes in Bucha, Ukraine, and elsewhere 

were rewarded with medals by President Putin; 

Whereas the Russian state-owned media outlet RIA Novosti 

published the article ‘‘What Should Russia do with 

Ukraine’’, which outlines ‘‘de-Nazification’’ as meaning 

‘‘de-Ukrainianization’’ or the destruction of Ukraine; 

Whereas article I of the Genocide Convention confirms ‘‘that 

genocide, whether committed in time of peace or in time 

of war, is a crime under international law which [the 

Contracting Parties] undertake to prevent and to punish’’; and 

Whereas although additional documentation and analysis of 

atrocities committed by the Russian Federation in 

Ukraine may be needed to punish those responsible, the 

substantial and significant documentation already undertaken, combined with statements showing intent, compel 

urgent action to prevent further acts of genocide: Now, 

therefore, be it 

Whereas the Russian Federation’s illegal, premeditated, 

unprovoked, and brutal war against Ukraine includes extensive, systematic, and flagrant atrocities against the people of Ukraine; 

Whereas article II of the Convention on the Prevention and 

Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (in this preamble referred to as the ‘‘Genocide Convention’’), adopted and 

opened for signature in 1948 and entered into force in 

1951, defines genocide as ‘‘any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a naVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:30 Dec 08, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR713.RS SR713

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tional, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: (a) 

Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily 

or mental harm to members of the group; (c) Deliberately 

inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to 

bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; 

(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within 

the group; (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group 

to another group’’; 

Whereas, on October 3, 2018, the Senate unanimously agreed 

to Senate Resolution 435, 115th Congress, which commemorated the 85th anniversary of the Holodomor and 

‘‘recognize[d] the findings of the Commission on the 

Ukraine Famine as submitted to Congress on April 22, 

1988, including that ‘Joseph Stalin and those around him 

committed genocide against the Ukrainians in 1932– 

1933’ ’’; 

Whereas substantial and significant evidence documents widespread, systematic actions against the Ukrainian people 

committed by Russian forces under the direction of political leadership of the Russian Federation that meet one or 

more of the criteria under article II of the Genocide Convention, including— 

(1) killing members of the Ukrainian people in mass 

atrocities through deliberate and regularized murders of 

fleeing civilians and civilians in passing as well as purposeful targeting of homes, schools, hospitals, shelters, and 

other residential and civilian areas; 

(2) causing serious bodily or mental harm to members 

of the Ukrainian people by launching indiscriminate attacks against civilians and civilian areas, conducting willful strikes on humanitarian evacuation corridors, and emVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:30 Dec 08, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR713.RS SR713

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ploying widespread and systematic sexual violence against 

Ukrainian civilians, including women, children, and men; 

(3) deliberately inflicting upon the Ukrainian people 

conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical 

destruction in whole or in part, including displacement 

due to annihilated villages, towns, and cities left devoid of 

food, water, shelter, electricity, and other basic necessities, 

starvation caused by the destruction of farmlands and agricultural equipment, the placing of Russian landmines 

across thousands of acres of useable fields, and blocking the 

delivery of humanitarian food aid; 

(4) imposing measures intended to prevent births 

among the Ukrainian people, demonstrated by the Russian 

military’s expansive and direct targeting of maternity hospitals and other medical facilities and systematic attacks 

against residential and civilian areas as well as humanitarian corridors intended to deprive Ukrainians of safe havens within their own country and the material conditions 

conducive to childrearing; and 

(5) forcibly mass transferring millions of Ukrainian 

civilians, hundreds of thousands of whom are children, to 

the Russian Federation or territories controlled by the 

Russian Federation; 

Whereas the intent of the Russian Federation and those acting 

on its behalf in favor of those heinous crimes against humanity has been demonstrated through frequent pronouncements and other forms of official communication 

denying Ukrainian nationhood, including President 

Putin’s ahistorical claims that Ukraine is part of a ‘‘single whole’’ Russian nation with ‘‘no historical basis’’ for 

being an independent country; 


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Whereas some Russian soldiers and brigades accused of committing war crimes in Bucha, Ukraine, and elsewhere were 

rewarded with medals by President Putin; 

Whereas the Russian state-owned media outlet RIA Novosti 

published the article ‘‘What Should Russia do with 

Ukraine’’, which outlines ‘‘de-Nazification’’ as meaning 

‘‘de-Ukrainianization’’ or the destruction of Ukraine and 

rejection of the ‘‘ethnic component’’ of Ukraine; 

Whereas article I of the Genocide Convention confirms ‘‘that 

genocide, whether committed in time of peace or in time 

of war, is a crime under international law which [the 

Contracting Parties] undertake to prevent and to punish’’; 

Whereas although additional documentation and analysis of 

atrocities committed by the Russian Federation in 

Ukraine may be needed to punish those responsible, the 

substantial and significant documentation already undertaken, combined with statements showing intent, compel 

urgent action to prevent future acts of genocide; and 

Whereas the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability 

Act (22 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) authorizes the President to 

impose economic sanctions on, and deny entry into the 

United States to, foreign individuals identified as engaging in gross violations of internationally recognized 

human rights: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) condemns the Russian Federation for com3 mitting acts of genocide against the Ukrainian peo4 ple; 

5 (2) calls on the United States, in cooperation 

6 with allies in the North Atlantic Treaty OrganizaVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:30 Dec 08, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6401 E:\BILLS\SR713.RS SR713

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1 tion and the European Union, to undertake meas2 ures to support the Government of Ukraine to pre3 vent further acts of Russian genocide against the 

4 Ukrainian people; and 

5 (3) supports tribunals and international crimi6 nal investigations to hold Russian political leaders 

7 and military personnel to account for a war of ag8 gression, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and 

9 genocide. 

10 That the Senate— 

11 (1) condemns those acting on behalf of the Rus12 sian Federation for committing acts of genocide 

13 against the Ukrainian people; 

14 (2) calls on the United States, in cooperation 

15 with allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

16 and the European Union, to undertake measures to 

17 support the Government of Ukraine to prevent acts of 

18 Russian genocide against the Ukrainian people; 

19 (3) supports tribunals and international crimi20 nal investigations to hold Russian political leaders 

21 and military personnel to account for a war of ag22 gression, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and 

23 genocide; and 

24 (4) urges the President to use the authorities 

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1 ability Act (22 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) to impose eco2 nomic sanctions on those responsible for, or complicit 

3 in, genocide in Ukraine by the Russian Federation 

4 and those acting on its behalf. 


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Calendar No. 610 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 713 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing Russian actions in Ukraine as a 

genocide. 

DECEMBER 7, 2022 

Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the 

preamble 


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