A resolution to state the sense of the Senate that members of the Khmer Rouge who participated in the Cambodian genocide should be brought to justice before an international tribunal for crimes against humanity.

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Declares that a primary objective of U.S. policy toward Cambodia should be the establishment of an international tribunal for the prosecution of those responsible for the Cambodia genocide. Calls upon: (1) the President, in compliance with the Cambodian Genocide Justice Act and the objectives stated above, to immediately deem it appropriate to encourage the establishment of an international criminal tribunal for the prosecution of members of the Khmer Rouge; (2) the United States, in further compliance with such Act, to support efforts to bring such members, including Pol Pot (former leader of the Khmer Rouge) to justice for their crimes against humanity before an international tribunal and to provide that tribunal with any information available on such members' involvement in the Cambodia genocide; and (3) the Secretary of State to encourage all Member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the People's Republic of China, Japan, and other interested countries to support such a tribunal.

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  Introduced in Senate · EN · 24 September 1997

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