,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #cb  ,,in ,,the       
,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states   
,february #be1 #bjad,mr4 ,durbin 7for   
himself and ,mr4 ,rubio7 submitted the  
following concurrent resolution2 which  
was referred to the ,committee on       
,foreign ,relations  ,,concurrent       
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
,congress regarding the need for        
investigation and prosecution of war    
crimes1 crimes against humanity1 and    
genocide1 whether committed by officials
 of the ,government of ,syria1 or       
members of other groups involved in     
civil war in ,syria1 and calling on the 
,president to direct the ,united ,states
 ,permanent ,representative to the      
,united ,nations to use the voice and   
vote of the ,united ,states to          
immediately promote the establishment of
 a ,syrian war crimes tribunal1 and for 
other purposes4  ,whereas the           
,government of ,syria is reported to    
have engaged in widespread torture1     

rape1 and massacre of civilians1        
including by means of chemical weapons1 
most recently on or about ,august #ba1  
#bjac2 ,whereas other groups involved in
 civil war in ,syria1 including the     
al-,nusra ,front1 are reported to have  
engaged in torture1 rape1 summary       
execution of government soldiers1       
kidnapping for ransom1 and violence     
against civilians1 including ,christians
 and others who are not ,sunni ,muslims2
 ,whereas these and other actions       
perpetrated by the ,government of ,syria
 and other groups involved in civil war 
in ,syria may constitute war crimes1    
crimes against humanity1 and genocide2  
,whereas ,syria is not a state-party to 
the ,rome ,statute of the ,international
 ,criminal ,court1 done at ,rome ,july  
#ag1 #aiih1 and is not a member of the  
,international ,criminal ,court2        
,whereas the international community has
 previously established ad hoc tribunals
 through the ,united ,nations to bring  
justice in specific countries where     

there have been war crimes1 crimes      
against humanity1 and genocide2 ,whereas
 ad hoc tribunals1 including the        
,international ,criminal ,tribunal for  
the former ,yugoslavia1 the             
,international ,criminal ,tribunal for  
,rwanda1 and the ,special ,court for    
,sierra ,leone1 have successfully       
investigated and prosecuted war crimes1 
crimes against humanity1 and genocide1  
and there are many positive lessons to  
be learned from these three ad hoc      
tribunals2 and ,whereas any lasting1    
peaceful solution to civil war in ,syria
 must be based upon justice for all1    
including members of all factions1      
political parties1 ethnicities1 and     
religions3 ,now1 therefore1 be it #a4   
,short title ,this concurrent resolution
 may be cited as the ,immediate         
,establishment of ,syrian ,war ,crimes  
,tribunal ,resolution4  #b4 ,sense of   
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that-- 7#a7 the ,united ,states         
,government should urge the ,government 

of ,syria and other groups involved in  
civil war in ,syria to implement an     
immediate cease fire and engage in      
negotiations to end the bloodshed2  7#b7
 the ,united ,states ,government should 
publicly declare that it is a           
requirement of basic justice that war   
crimes1 crimes against humanity1 and    
genocide1 whether committed by officials
 of the ,government of ,syria1 or       
members of other groups involved in     
civil war in ,syria1 should be          
investigated and prosecuted2  7#c7 the  
,president should direct the ,united    
,states ,permanent ,representative to   
the ,united ,nations to use the voice   
and vote of the ,united ,states to      
immediately promote the establishment of
 a ,syrian war crimes tribunal1 an ad   
hoc court to prosecute the perpetrators 
of such serious crimes committed during 
the civil war in ,syria2  7#d7 in       
working with other countries to         
establish a ,syrian war crimes tribunal1
 the ,united ,states ,government should 

promote judicial procedures that enable 
the prosecution of the most culpable    
persons guilty of directing such serious
 crimes2  7#e7 the ,united ,states      
,government should make an immediate    
priority the collection of information  
that can be supplied to a ,syrian war   
crimes tribunal for use as evidence to  
support the indictment and trial of any 
person involved in civil war in ,syria  
and responsible for war crimes1 crimes  
against humanity1 or genocide in ,syria2
 and  7#f7 the ,united ,states          
,government should urge other interested
 states to apprehend and deliver into   
the custody of a ,syrian war crimes     
tribunal persons indicted for war       
crimes1 crimes against humanity1 or     
genocide in ,syria and urge such states 
to provide information pertaining to    
such crimes to the tribunal4