Deploring the actions of the Palestinian Authority to join the ICC and undertake legal action through the Court against Israel

H.RES.209
Introduced: 
April 16, 2015
114
First
April 16, 2015
Referred to House (sub)committee

This resolution moved to classify any PA efforts to initiate legal measures targeting Israel at the ICC as ‘lawfare,’ which it defined as ‘the abuse of law to achieve political and military means and has as its goals the de-legitimization of the sovereignty of democratic states and the obstruction of democracies to fight against and defeat terrorism.’

32 cosponsors (28R, 4D).

Last major action: 4/16/15 referred to House Comm. on Foreign Affairs.

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