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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the need for investigation and prosecution of the crime of aggression and other international crimes committed by officials of the Government of the Russian Federation against the Government and people of Ukraine, and calling on the President to direct the United States representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to immediately promote the establishment of an appropriate regional or international justice mechanism to investigate and prosecute possible international crimes stemming from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and further calling upon the President to convoke and convene the world's democracies for the purposes of establishing such an international justice mechanism at the earliest possible time, and for other purposes.

USA117th CongressHRES-966| House 
| Updated: 3/7/2022
Christopher H. Smith

Christopher H. Smith

Republican Representative

New Jersey

Cosponsors (18)
Steve Chabot (Republican)Marcy Kaptur (Democratic)Andy Harris (Republican)Jefferson Van Drew (Republican)Young Kim (Republican)Dina Titus (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Thomas R. Suozzi (Democratic)Daniel Meuser (Republican)Joe Wilson (Republican)Mike Kelly (Republican)Peter Meijer (Republican)Michael T. McCaul (Republican)Jim Costa (Democratic)Debbie Lesko (Republican)Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Republican)Seth Moulton (Democratic)Susan Wild (Democratic)

Foreign Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should urge Russia, Ukraine, and other groups involved in the war in Ukraine to implement an immediate cease-fire and engage in negotiations to end the bloodshed, while demanding that Russia withdraw its forces from Ukraine, the Ukrainian oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk, and the Ukrainian Autonomous Republic of Crimea; the President should direct the U.S. representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to immediately promote the establishment of an international justice mechanism for Russian war crimes and other crimes against Ukraine, and to prosecute the perpetrators of such serious crimes committed during the period of conflict in Ukraine; and the United States should urge all other interested states to apprehend persons indicted for international crimes, deliver them into the custody of an appropriate justice mechanism for Russian war crimes and other crimes against Ukraine, and provide any and all data and information pertaining to such crimes to that justice mechanism.
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Timeline
Mar 7, 2022
Introduced in House
Mar 7, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  • March 7, 2022
    Introduced in House


  • March 7, 2022
    Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

International Affairs

Conflicts and warsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadEuropeEvidence and witnessesInternational law and treatiesInternational organizations and cooperationMilitary operations and strategyRussiaSovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusUkraineUnited NationsWar crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the need for investigation and prosecution of the crime of aggression and other international crimes committed by officials of the Government of the Russian Federation against the Government and people of Ukraine, and calling on the President to direct the United States representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to immediately promote the establishment of an appropriate regional or international justice mechanism to investigate and prosecute possible international crimes stemming from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and further calling upon the President to convoke and convene the world's democracies for the purposes of establishing such an international justice mechanism at the earliest possible time, and for other purposes.

USA117th CongressHRES-966| House 
| Updated: 3/7/2022
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should urge Russia, Ukraine, and other groups involved in the war in Ukraine to implement an immediate cease-fire and engage in negotiations to end the bloodshed, while demanding that Russia withdraw its forces from Ukraine, the Ukrainian oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk, and the Ukrainian Autonomous Republic of Crimea; the President should direct the U.S. representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to immediately promote the establishment of an international justice mechanism for Russian war crimes and other crimes against Ukraine, and to prosecute the perpetrators of such serious crimes committed during the period of conflict in Ukraine; and the United States should urge all other interested states to apprehend persons indicted for international crimes, deliver them into the custody of an appropriate justice mechanism for Russian war crimes and other crimes against Ukraine, and provide any and all data and information pertaining to such crimes to that justice mechanism.
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Timeline
Mar 7, 2022
Introduced in House
Mar 7, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  • March 7, 2022
    Introduced in House


  • March 7, 2022
    Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Christopher H. Smith

Christopher H. Smith

Republican Representative

New Jersey

Cosponsors (18)
Steve Chabot (Republican)Marcy Kaptur (Democratic)Andy Harris (Republican)Jefferson Van Drew (Republican)Young Kim (Republican)Dina Titus (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Thomas R. Suozzi (Democratic)Daniel Meuser (Republican)Joe Wilson (Republican)Mike Kelly (Republican)Peter Meijer (Republican)Michael T. McCaul (Republican)Jim Costa (Democratic)Debbie Lesko (Republican)Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Republican)Seth Moulton (Democratic)Susan Wild (Democratic)

Foreign Affairs Committee

International Affairs

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Conflicts and warsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadEuropeEvidence and witnessesInternational law and treatiesInternational organizations and cooperationMilitary operations and strategyRussiaSovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusUkraineUnited NationsWar crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity