Sec. 13. Report on accountability for violations of international law, including the law of armed conflict, and other harm to civilians in Syria during Turkey’s military invasion
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It is the sense of Congress that— Turkish and pro-Turkish forces should end all practices involving arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, torture, arbitrary executions, and other unlawful treatment; and all stakeholders in Turkey’s military invasion of northern Syria should reveal the fate or the location of all persons who have been subjected to enforced disappearance by such stakeholders. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that describes the causes and consequences of civilian harm occurring during Turkey’s military invasion of northern Syria, including violations of the law of armed conflict and gross violations of internationally recognized human rights, as a result of the actions of all parties to the conflict.
The report required under paragraph
(1)shall include the following elements: A description of civilian harm occurring in the context of Turkey’s military invasion, including— mass casualty incidents; and damage to, and destruction of, civilian infrastructure and services, including— hospitals and other medical facilities; electrical grids; water systems; and other critical infrastructure. A description of violations of the law of armed conflict committed during Turkey’s military invasion by all forces involved in the Turkish-led coalition and all forces fighting on its behalf and by any other combatants in the conflict, including— alleged violations of the law of armed conflict; specific instances of failure by the parties to the conflict to exercise distinction, proportionality, and precaution in the use force in accordance with the law of armed conflict; arbitrary denials of humanitarian access and the resulting impact on the alleviation of human suffering; extra-judicial executions and detention-related abuses; and other acts that may constitute violations of the law of armed conflict. Recommendations for establishing accountability mechanisms for civilian harm, violations of the law of armed conflict, and gross violations of internationally recognized human rights perpetrated by Turkish and pro-Turkish forces in Syria, including the potential for prosecuting individuals perpetrating, organizing, directing, or ordering such violations.