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Genocide Accountability Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-151 [S. 888] U.S.C. 1).

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First Region

United States of America
Human rights
2007-12-21
National
Law, Act

Second Region

Amends section 1091 of title 18 of the USC to allow for the prosecution of genocide in certain circumstances - i.e. the offence has to be committed in whole or in part in the United States and the alleged offender must be either a citizen, a legal resident of the U.S.; a stateless person whose habitual residence is in the U.S.; or if the alleged offender is brought into or found in the U.S. even if the genocide occured outside of the country.

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    Serial title
    U.S. Code Congressional and Administrative News
    Date
    2007-01-04
    Volume
    110th Congress - First Session
    Number
    Volume 2
    Page range
    pp. 121 Stat. 1821-1822