Sec. 229. Sense of Congress on arms exports and human rights
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It is the Sense of Congress that— one of the primary purposes for controlling the export of defense articles and defense services to foreign countries is to prevent such exports from being used in violation of international humanitarian law or international human rights law, including requiring accountability for any such violations, and to ensure that the sale, export, or transfer of such articles and services serves to encourage foreign countries to fully comply with international humanitarian law and international human rights law; provision of security assistance, including the provision of defense articles and defense services, pursuant to the authorities and in conformity with the principles of this Act, should only be done in accordance with and to support and promote this purpose; and such security assistance, including the provision of defense articles and defense services controlled for export, should not be provided to a unit of the security forces of any country if such unit— has violated international humanitarian law and has not been credibly investigated and subjected to a credible and transparent judicial process addressing such allegation; or has committed a gross violation of human rights, and has not been credibly investigated and subjected to a credible and transparent judicial process addressing such allegation, including— torture or rape; ethnic cleansing of civilians; recruitment or use of child soldiers; falsely imprisoning, or engaging in the targeted killing of, political opponents; the operation of, or effective control or direction over, secret detention facilities; or extrajudicial killings, whether by military, security, or police forces.