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H.Res.1435

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should ratify the Rome Statute and join the International Criminal Court.

Introduced·7/15/26

The House of Representatives expresses the sense that the United States should ratify the Rome Statute and join the International Criminal Court.

The House of Representatives expresses the sense that the United States should ratify the Rome Statute and join the International Criminal Court. The resolution highlights the importance of accountability for atrocity crimes and the principle of complementarity, where the Court operates as a court of last resort. It notes that the United States has supported numerous domestic, international, and hybrid courts for atrocity crimes and has offices dedicated to pursuing perpetrators of such crimes.

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Foreign Affairs Committee
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History

Jul 15

House

Submitted in House

Jul 15

House

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.