The Genocide Accountability Act of 2007: Congress Moves Closer toward Closing the Impunity Gap

This past December, Congress passed the highly anticipated Genocide Accountability Act of 2007 (hereinafter ?GAA?). The GAA closes key jurisdictional loopholes in the existing Genocide Convention Implementation Act of 1987 (18 U.S.C. § 1091) and allows U.S. courts to prosecute suspected perpetrators of genocide so long as they are physically present in the U.S...[more]