SANCTIONS AGAINST COUNTRIES HARBORING WAR CRIMINALS

SANCTIONS AGAINST COUNTRIES HARBORING WAR CRIMINALS Sec. 561. (a) Bilateral Assistance.—The President is authorized to withhold funds appropriated by this Act under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the Arms Export Control Act for any country described in subsection (c). (b) Multilateral Assistance.—The Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the United States executive directors of the international financial institutions to work in opposition to, and vote against, any extension by such institutions of financing or financial or technical assistance to any country described in subsection (c). (c) Sanctioned Countries.—A country described in this subsection is a country the government of which knowingly grants 111 STAT. 2427sanctuary to persons in its territory for the purpose of evading prosecution, where such persons— (1) have been indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, or any other international tribunal with similar standing under international law; or (2) have been indicted for war crimes or crimes against humanity committed during the period beginning March 23, 1933 and ending on May 8, 1945 under the direction of, or in association with— (A) the Nazi government of Germany; (B) any government in any area occupied by the military forces of the Nazi government of Germany; (C) any government which was established with the assistance or cooperation of the Nazi government; or (D) any government which was an ally of the Nazi government of Germany.