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S.Res. 473 (98th)

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should call for international negotiations to make international terrorism a universal crime prosecutable in the United States.

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4 October 1984

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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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14 January 2025

Summary

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should call for international negotiations to establish a definition of "international terrorist crimes" and to consider whether such a crime would constitute a universal crime under international law. Sets forth factors that should be included in such a definition. Declares that such negotiations should also include consideration of establishing an international criminal court that would have jurisdiction over the crime of international terrorism.

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