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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 32
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning systematic
rape in the conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1993
Mr. MILLER of California (for himself, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. MFUME, Mr. DEL-
LUMS, Mrs. SCHROEDER, Mr. TORRICELLI, Mrs. KENNELLY, Mr. ED-
WARDS of California, Ms. MEEK, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. GEJDENSON, Mr.
WAXMAN, Mr. OLVER, Mr. MANTON, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. SABO, Mr.
RAMSTAD, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. DE LUGO, Mr. WALSH,
Mr. BONIOR, Mr. SWETT, Mr. SAWYER, Mr. MINETA, Mr. LANCASTER,
Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. KYL, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas,
Mr. MORAN, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. COOPER, Ms.
MOLINARI, Mr. PRICE, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. BEILENSON,
Mr. BACCHUS of Florida, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr. STARK, Mr.
OWENS, Mr. FOGLIETTA, Mr. WILSON, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. TORRES, Ms.
WATERS, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. LEHMAN, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. KEN-
NEDY, Mr. WHEAT, Mr. YATES, Mr. TOWNS, Mrs. COLLINS of Michigan,
Mr. REED, Mr. HOYER, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. HOCHBRUECKNER, Mr.
RICHARDSON, and Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts) submitted the following
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives con-
cerning systematic rape in the conflict in Bosnia-
Herzegovina.
Whereas credible reports indicate that rape has been used as
a tactic of war by all the combatants in the former So-
cialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and that rape has
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become a deliberate, widespread, and systematic form of
violence in particular by Serbian soldiers against thou-
sands of Moslem women of all ages in the war in Bosnia-
Herzegovina;
Whereas credible reports also indicate the forced pregnancy
of Moslem women by Serbian soldiers in this conflict;
Whereas women are protected against ‘‘any attack on their
honour, in particular against rape, enforced prostitution,
or any form of indecent assault’’ under Article 27 of the
3rd Geneva Convention, 1949, and are protected against
‘‘outrages 
upon 
personal 
dignity, 
in 
particular
humiliating and degrading treatment, rape, enforced
prostitution, and any form of indecent assault,’’ under
Article 4, Protocol II Additional to the Geneva Conven-
tions, 1977;
Whereas ‘‘inhumane acts’’ are considered ‘‘crimes against hu-
manity’’ under the London Agreement that established
the guidelines for the Nuremberg Trials, and ‘‘torture or
inhuman treatment’’ and ‘‘willfully causing great suffer-
ing or serious injury to body or health’’ are considered
‘‘grave breaches’’ of the 4th Geneva Convention, 1949,
under Article 147 of that Convention;
Whereas rape is a deplorable and illegal act of violence in the
United States and in every country in Europe;
Whereas systematic rape in the conflict in Bosnia-
Herzegovina has been denounced under United Nations
Security Council Resolution 798 and by the Council of
Ministers of the European Community in its declaration
of December 11, 1992;
Whereas Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger has de-
nounced atrocities in this conflict and has named individ-
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treatment of rape victims, including the training of
relief workers in the medical and psychological ef-
fects of rape; and
(8) all parties to the conflict in Bosnia-
Herzegovina should immediately take steps to pro-
tect the rights of women and girls as recognized in
the Geneva Conventions, and specifically to protect
them from rape, forced pregnancy, and the infliction
of other indiginities.
SEC. 2. The Clerk of the House of Representatives
shall transmit a copy of this resolution to the President
of the United States and the Secretary General of the
United Nations.
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