US House Unanimously Passes Resolution Urging the State Department to Declare ISIS Atrocities against Religious Minorities as Genocide
ICC is pleased to report that the United States House of Representatives has unanimously passed a concurrent resolution rendering their opinion that the atrocities committed by ISIS against religious minorities should be deemed genocide. Giving this violence its proper name would elevate these atrocities as most heinous, encouraging a more forceful response from the United States and the international community. By law, the State Department has until March 17 to give their final decision on the genocide designation. Learn more: http://ow.ly/ZuJ2p