GENOCIDE ACCOUNTABILITY ACT IS INTRODUCED IN THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ArmInfo
2007-06-01 19:30:00

Congressmen Howard L. Berman and Mike Pence introduced the Genocide
Accountability Act in the House of Representatives.

The Armenian Assembly of America told ArmInfo that the bipartisan
legislation would make a non-U.S. national who commits genocide outside
of the United States also accountable under U.S. law. "This bill is
urgently needed to ensure that the United States can bring to justice
those who commit this atrocious crime when they are not prosecuted
elsewhere," Berman said in a press statement. "The fact that we know
who these people are and where they are, yet are unable to prosecute
them is an injustice to all those who suffered from genocide," said
Berman. "This bill must be enacted as swiftly as possible to provide
the Justice Department with the tools they need," he noted.