United States · Bill · HJRES
H.J.Res. 88 (102nd)
Declaring that Saddam Hussein should be held legally accountable for his war crimes against American and other allied prisoners of war.
Introduced
23 January 1991
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Summary
Declares that: (1) Saddam Hussein should be held legally and morally responsible for the brutal treatment by Iraq of American and other allied prisoners of war and should be tried by an international tribunal for his crimes against such prisoners of war; and (2) under no circumstances should the nations allied against Iraq agree to an arrangement whereby Hussein would resign as president of Iraq in exchange for his not being prosecuted for such crimes.
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Introduced in House (text)
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Introduced in House · EN
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 23 January 1991
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-joint-resolution/88
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/102/hjres/88