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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextPARAGUAY'S HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES PURSUANT TO SECTION 502B(c) OF THE
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961
Mr. KAINE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations:
S. Res. 874
Resolved,
SECTION 1. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON PARAGUAY'S HUMAN RIGHTS
PRACTICES.
(a) Statement Requested.—The Senate requests that the
Secretary of State, not later than 30 days after the date of
the adoption of this resolution, submit to the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign
Affairs of the House of Representatives, pursuant to section
502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2304(c)), a statement regarding Paraguay's human rights
practices that has been prepared in collaboration with the
Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor and the Office of the Legal Adviser at the Department
of State.
(b) Elements.—The statement submitted pursuant to
subsection (a) should include—
(1) all available credible information concerning alleged
violations of internationally recognized human rights by the
Government of Paraguay, including—
(A) arbitrary and unlawful arrest, detention, imprisonment,
torture and cruel or inhumane treatment, including of people
who are not citizens of Paraguay but have been removed to
Paraguay by the United States Government;
(B) violations of due process rights, including a
description of any opportunity provided to people who are not
citizens of Paraguay but have been removed to Paraguay by the
United States Government to demonstrate that they have been
wrongfully arrested, detained, or imprisoned;
(C) enforced disappearances and arbitrary or unlawful
killings, including extrajudicial killings, including of
people who are not citizens of Paraguay but have been removed
to Paraguay by the United States Government;
(D) trafficking in persons, including forced or slave
labor, including of people who are not citizens of Paraguay
but have been removed to Paraguay by the United States
Government; and
(E) treatment of and legal rights and status provided by
the Government of Paraguay to people in Paraguay who are not
citizens of Paraguay but have been removed to Paraguay by the
United States Government;
(2) a description of the steps the United States Government
has taken—
(A) to promote respect for and observance of human rights
as part of the Government of Paraguay's activities;
(B) to discourage any practices that are inimical to
internationally recognized human rights;
(C) to publicly or privately call attention to, and
disassociate the United States and any security assistance
provided for the Government of Paraguay from, any practices
described in subparagraph (B); and
(D) to assess, prior to removal, how the Government of
Paraguay would treat people who are not citizens of Paraguay
but have been removed to Paraguay by the United States
Government, including—
(i) conducting individualized assessments of such
individuals to determine whether the Government of Paraguay
may send that person to their country of origin or last
residence, and if so, whether the Government of Paraguay
would provide them with meaningful opportunity before their
removal to show that they may be persecuted, tortured, or
otherwise harmed; and
(ii) ensuring that the Government of Paraguay would provide
such individuals with legal immigration status, should they
wish to remain in Paraguay, and would be treated humanely;
and
(3) other information, including—
(A) an assessment from the Secretary of State of the
likelihood that United States security assistance (as defined
in section 502B(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2304(d))) provided to Paraguay could be used in
support of activities by government officials related to the
rendition, trafficking, detention, or imprisonment of people
who are not citizens of Paraguay but have been removed to
Paraguay by the United States Government;
(B) any analysis conducted by the United States Government
of the conditions to be faced in Paraguay by people who are
not citizens of Paraguay but have been removed to Paraguay by
the United States Government, prior to the rendition,
removal, trafficking, detention, or imprisonment of such
individuals to Paraguay;
(C) an assessment from the Secretary of State of the
conditions in any detention centers or prisons in Paraguay
that may hold people who are not citizens of Paraguay but
have been removed to Paraguay by the United States
Government, including an assessment of allegations of torture
and other gross violations of human rights;
(D) a description of any actions that the United States
Government is taking to ensure that the Government of
Paraguay returns people who are not citizens of Paraguay but
have been removed to Paraguay by the United States
Government, in compliance with United States court orders
regarding their return to the United States;
(E) a description of any actions that the United States
Government is taking to address the risk of detention,
torture, or forced disappearances of people who are not
citizens of Paraguay but have been removed to Paraguay by the
United States Government, or efforts to facilitate the
detention, torture, or forced disappearances of such people;
(F) a description of any actions the United States
Government is taking to protect people who are not citizens
of Paraguay but are within the United States' jurisdiction or
effective control from unlawful rendering, trafficking, or
other means of removal to Paraguay;
(G) all information regarding any agreement or financial
transaction between the United States Government and the
Government of Paraguay related to the rendition, removal,
trafficking, detention, or imprisonment of individuals who
are not citizens of Paraguay but have been removed to
Paraguay by the United States Government;
(H) all information regarding any individuals sent to
Paraguay by the United States Government in 2025 and 2026;
(I) a description of any actions that the United States
Government is taking to facilitate the release or return of
people who are not citizens of Paraguay but have been
wrongfully removed to Paraguay by the United States
Government;
(J) all information regarding any assurances the United
States Government sought or received regarding the treatment
of people who are not citizens of Paraguay but have been
removed to Paraguay by the United States Government, prior to
the rendition, removal, or trafficking of such individuals to
Paraguay;
(K) all information regarding assurances the United States
Government sought or received regarding the further
rendition, trafficking, removal, or transfer of people who
are not citizens of Paraguay, but have been removed to
Paraguay by the United States Government to countries that
are not Paraguay, including the human rights conditions for
such individuals in those countries; and
(L) a summary of all meetings in 2025 and 2026 between
Government of Paraguay officials and Washington-based
officials of the United States Government.