IV 
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. PETER-
SON 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 Rela-
tions 
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, geno-
cide, and other criminal violations of international law.
•HRES 118 IH 
Whereas in 2001 and 2002, the Department of State contrib-
uted $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 viola-
tions of human rights and of international humanitarian 
law by the Government of Iraq, resulting in an all-perva-
sive 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 de-
tainees 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 per-
son’s limbs off to force him to confess or comply; and 
Whereas citizens of Iraq live in constant fear of being tor-
tured, kidnapped, or killed: Now, therefore, be it
•HRES 118 IH 
Resolved, That consistent with Section 301 of the 
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 
and 1993 (Public Law 102–138), House Concurrent Reso-
lution 137, 105th Congress (approved by the House of 
Representatives on November 13, 1997), and Senate Con-
current Resolution 78, 105th Congress (approved by the 
Senate on March 13, 1998), the Congress urges the Presi-
dent to call upon the United Nations to establish an inter-
national criminal tribunal for the purpose of indicting, 
prosecuting, and imprisoning Saddam Hussein and other 
Iraqi officials who are responsible for crimes against hu-
manity, genocide, and other criminal violations of inter-
national law.
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