119-hr2009

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2009 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2009

To encourage the establishment in the Department of State of an Office 
 of Global Criminal Justice, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 10, 2025

Ms. Omar (for herself, Ms. Jacobs, and Mr. Castro of Texas) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
 Affairs

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 A BILL

To encourage the establishment in the Department of State of an Office 
 of Global Criminal Justice, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Global Criminal Justice Act''.

SEC. 2. OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

    (a) In General.--There is established within the Department of 
State an Office of Global Criminal Justice (referred to in this section 
as the ``Office''), which may be placed within the organizational 
structure of the Department at the discretion of the Secretary of 
State.

    (b) Duties.--The duties of the Office are the following:

    (1) Advise the Secretary of State and other relevant senior 
 Federal officials on issues related to atrocities, including 
 war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

    (2) Assist in formulating United States policy on the 
 prevention of, responses to, and accountability for atrocities.

    (3) Coordinate, as appropriate and with other relevant 
 Federal departments and agencies, United States Government 
 positions relating to the international and hybrid courts 
 currently prosecuting persons suspected of atrocities around 
 the world.

    (4) Work with other governments, international 
 organizations, and nongovernmental organizations, as 
 appropriate, to establish and assist international and domestic 
 commissions of inquiry, fact-finding missions, and tribunals to 
 investigate, document, and prosecute atrocities around the 
 world.

    (5) Coordinate, as appropriate and with other relevant 
 Federal departments and agencies, the deployment of diplomatic, 
 legal, economic, military, and other tools to help collect 
 evidence of atrocities, judge those responsible, protect and 
 assist victims, enable reconciliation, prevent and deter 
 atrocities, and promote the rule of law.

    (6) Provide advice and expertise on transitional justice 
 mechanisms to United States personnel operating in conflict and 
 post-conflict environments.

    (7) Act as a point of contact for international, hybrid, 
 and domestic tribunals exercising jurisdiction over atrocities 
 committed around the world.

    (8) Represent the Department of State on any interagency 
 whole-of-government coordinating entities addressing genocide 
 and other atrocities.

    (9) Perform any additional duties and exercise such powers 
 as the Secretary of State may prescribe.
            (c) Supervision.--The Office shall be led by an Ambassador-at-Large 
for Global Criminal Justice, who shall be nominated by the President 
and appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
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