Trump Signs the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act
US President Donald Trump signs the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act, a bipartisan measure previously adopted overwhelmingly in the Senate and House.
As ANCA reports, this new law represents a victory for the genocide prevention movement (special thanks to Friends Committee on National Legislation), codifying previous measures (including those implemented by the Obama Administration) and putting in place a set of policies and processes to prevent new atrocities.
"The ANCA welcomes the President's signature on the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act, and thanks all the legislators who spearheaded and supported this landmark bipartisan genocide prevention measure," said ANCA Executive Director Aram Suren Hamparian.
"As Armenian Americans – descendants of the survivors of the Armenian Genocide – we are particularly gratified to see a measure signed into law that speaks to transitional justice, criminal accountability, and the moral imperative to apply the lessons of past genocides in seeking to prevent new atrocities'', Hamparian said.
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