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In January 2008, President George W. Bush signed the U.S. Genocide Accountability Act to help the U.S. Law Enforcements deal with Srebrenica genocide fugitives hiding in the United States.
The new legislation filled a critical gap in the law by permitting the U.S. government to prosecute people in the United States who are believed to have committed genocide abroad.
"By passing the Genocide Accountability Act of 2007, Congress has struck a major blow against the impunity that sustains perpetrators of ghastly crimes. From now on, those who have violated the basic code of humanity will know they cannot find sanctuary here," said Diane Orentlicher, currently Special Counsel to the Open Society Institute and professor at American University's Washington College of Law.
In January 2008, President George W. Bush signed the U.S. Genocide Accountability Act to help the U.S. Law Enforcements deal with Srebrenica genocide fugitives hiding in the United States.
The new legislation filled a critical gap in the law by permitting the U.S. government to prosecute people in the United States who are believed to have committed genocide abroad.
"By passing the Genocide Accountability Act of 2007, Congress has struck a major blow against the impunity that sustains perpetrators of ghastly crimes. From now on, those who have violated the basic code of humanity will know they cannot find sanctuary here," said Diane Orentlicher, currently Special Counsel to the Open Society Institute and professor at American University's Washington College of Law.
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