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 that the world’s worst human rights offenders cannot evade prosecution for their crimes and find a legal “safe haven” within the U.S. borders. This gap in our criminal codes is especially of concern now given the ongoing- and increasing- atrocities being committed against civilians, especially women and children in Iraq and Syria by ISIS and its affiliates. If past history is an example, many who have been involved in genocide, crimes against humanity, and serious war crimes, will find their way to the United States. The success of the effort to designate this genocide is a tribute to the cooperation of the groups mentioned above and a number of others including the critical voices of Amb. David Sapperstein and Special Envoy Knox Thames. Without those two individuals and the many groups working together this would not have happened.

The success of the effort to designate this genocide is a tribute to the cooperation of the groups mentioned above and a number of others including the critical voices of Amb. David Sapperstein and Special Envoy Knox Thames. Without those two individuals and the many groups working together this would not have happened.