U.S. Congress Passes Justice for Victims War Crimes Act

On December 22, 2022, just hours before an address to the Congress by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Congress approved a bill to enlarge the U.S. government’s authority to prosecute international war crimes suspects who are in the United States, permitting their trial in a federal court regardless of the nationality of the victim or the perpetrator, or where the crime occurred.[1]