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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 118

Calling for the establishment of an international criminal tribunal for the 

purpose of indicting, prosecuting, and imprisoning Saddam Hussein and 

other Iraqi officials who are responsible for crimes against humanity, 

genocide, and other criminal violations of international law. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 27, 2003

Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. HOYER, Mr. 

ORTIZ, Mr. REYES, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. 

CUNNINGHAM, Mr. UPTON, Mr. WALDEN of Oregon, Mr. GOODE, Mr. 

HOSTETTLER, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. 

SIMMONS, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. SWEENEY, Mr. COBLE, Mr. SANDLIN, 

Mr. HUNTER, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SMITH of Michigan, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. 

CRENSHAW, Mr. PITTS, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. KIRK, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. 

RYUN of Kansas, Mr. HAYES, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. SHERWOOD, Mr. 

SOUDER, Mr. WELLER, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. HALL, Mr. 

NORWOOD, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. CAMP, Mr. 

GREENWOOD, Mr. TERRY, and Mr. CROWLEY) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 

RESOLUTION

Calling for the establishment of an international criminal 

tribunal for the purpose of indicting, prosecuting, and 

imprisoning Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi officials 

who are responsible for crimes against humanity, genocide, and other criminal violations of international law.
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Whereas in 2001 and 2002, the Department of State contributed $4,000,000 to a United Nations Iraq War Crimes 

Commission, to be used if a United Nations tribunal for 

Iraqi war crimes is created; 

Whereas the United Nations Security Council and the United 

Nations Commission on Human Rights have repeatedly 

condemned Iraq’s human rights record; 

Whereas Iraq continues to ignore United Nations resolutions 

and its international human rights commitments; 

Whereas on April 19, 2002, the United Nations Commission 

on Human Rights passed a resolution drawing attention 

to ‘‘the systematic, widespread and extremely grave violations of human rights and of international humanitarian 

law by the Government of Iraq, resulting in an all-pervasive repression and oppression sustained by broad-based 

discrimination and widespread terror’’; 

Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 674 

calls on all states or organizations to provide information 

on Iraq’s war-related atrocities to the United Nations; 

Whereas Iraq’s aggressive pursuit of nuclear, chemical, and 

biological weapons, and its past use of weapons of mass 

destruction against its own people and Iraq’s neighbors 

illustrates the danger of allowing Saddam Hussein to go 

unchallenged; 

Whereas torture is used systematically against political detainees in Iraqi prisons and detention centers; 

Whereas this regime gouges out the eyes of the victims, 

crushes all of the bones in their feet, and burns a person’s limbs off to force him to confess or comply; and 

Whereas citizens of Iraq live in constant fear of being tortured, kidnapped, or killed: Now, therefore, be it
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1 Resolved, That consistent with Section 301 of the 

2 Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 

3 and 1993 (Public Law 102–138), House Concurrent Reso4 lution 137, 105th Congress (approved by the House of 

5 Representatives on November 13, 1997), and Senate Con6 current Resolution 78, 105th Congress (approved by the 

7 Senate on March 13, 1998), the Congress urges the Presi8 dent to call upon the United Nations to establish an inter9 national criminal tribunal for the purpose of indicting, 

10 prosecuting, and imprisoning Saddam Hussein and other 

11 Iraqi officials who are responsible for crimes against hu12 manity, genocide, and other criminal violations of inter13 national law.

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