Sec. 402. United States human rights dialogue review
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Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with other appropriate departments and agencies, shall— conduct a review of all human rights dialogues; and submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees containing the findings of the review conducted under paragraph (1). The report submitted under subsection (a)(2) shall include— a list of all human rights dialogues held during the prior year; a list of all bureaus and Senate confirmed officials of the Department of State that participated in each dialogue; a list of all the countries that have refused to hold human rights dialogues with the United States; and for each human rights dialogue held to the prior year, an assessment of the role of the dialogue in advancing United States foreign policy goals.
In this section, the term human rights dialogue means an agreed upon and regular bilateral meeting between the Department of State and a foreign government for the primary purpose of pursuing a defined agenda on the subject of human rights.