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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextREPUBLIC'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. 882
Resolved,
SECTION 1. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON THE CENTRAL AFRICAN
REPUBLIC'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 the Central African
Republic'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 the Central African Republic, including—
(A) arbitrary and unlawful arrest, detention, imprisonment,
torture and cruel or inhumane treatment, including of people
who are not citizens of the Central African Republic but have
been removed to the Central African Republic 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 the Central African Republic but have been
removed to the Central African Republic 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 the Central African Republic
but have been removed to the Central African Republic by the
United States Government;
(D) trafficking in persons, including forced or slave
labor, including of people who are not citizens of the
Central African Republic but have been removed to the Central
African Republic by the United States Government; and
(E) treatment of and legal rights and status provided by
the Government of the Central African Republic to people in
the Central African Republic who are not citizens of
the Central African Republic but have been removed to the
Central African Republic 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 the Central African Republic'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 the Central African Republic
from, any practices described in subparagraph (B); and
(D) to assess, prior to removal, how the Government of the
Central African Republic would treat people who are not
citizens of the Central African Republic but have been
removed to the Central African Republic by the United States
Government, including—
(i) conducting individualized assessments of such
individuals to determine whether the Government of the
Central African Republic may send that person to their
country of origin or last residence, and if so, whether the
Government of the Central African Republic 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 the Central African
Republic would provide such individuals with legal
immigration status, should they wish to remain in the Central
African Republic, 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 the Central African Republic
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 the Central
African Republic but have been removed to the Central African
Republic by the United States Government;
(B) any analysis conducted by the United States Government
of the conditions to be faced in the Central African Republic
by people who are not citizens of the Central African
Republic but have been removed to the Central African
Republic by the United States Government, prior to the
rendition, removal, trafficking, detention, or imprisonment
of such individuals to the Central African Republic;
(C) an assessment from the Secretary of State of the
conditions in any detention centers or prisons in the Central
African Republic that may hold people who are not citizens of
the Central African Republic but have been removed to the
Central African Republic 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 the
Central African Republic returns people who are not citizens
of the Central African Republic but have been removed to the
Central African Republic 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 the Central African Republic but have been
removed to the Central African Republic 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 the Central African Republic but are within the United
States' jurisdiction or effective control from unlawful
rendering, trafficking, or other means of removal to the
Central African Republic;
(G) all information regarding any agreement or financial
transaction between the United States Government and the
Government of the Central African Republic related to the
rendition, removal, trafficking, detention, or imprisonment
of individuals who are not citizens of the Central African
Republic but have been removed to the Central African
Republic by the United States Government;
(H) all information regarding any individuals sent to the
Central African Republic 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 the Central African Republic
but have been wrongfully removed to the Central African
Republic 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 the Central African
Republic but have been removed to the Central African
Republic by the United States Government, prior to the
rendition, removal, or trafficking of such individuals to the
Central African Republic;
(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 the Central African Republic, but have
been removed to the Central African Republic by the United
States Government to countries that are not the Central
African Republic, 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 the Central African Republic officials and
Washington-based officials of the United States Government.