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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · S. 5491 (Introduced in Senate) — To mobilize United States strategic, economic, and diplomatic tools to confront the challenges posed by the People’s... · Sec. 321

Sec. 321. Removal of members of the United Nations Human Rights Council that commit human rights abuses

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The President shall direct the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to— reform the process for suspending rights of membership in the United Nations Human Rights Council for states that commit gross and systematic violations of human rights, including— ensuring information detailing the member country’s human rights record is publicly available before a vote on suspension of the rights of membership; and making the vote of each country on the suspension of rights of membership from the United Nations Human Rights Council publicly available; reform the rules on electing members to the United Nations Human Rights Council to seek to ensure United Nations members that have committed gross and systematic violations of human rights are not elected to the Human Rights Council; and oppose the election to the Human Rights Council of any United Nations member— currently assessed to engage in a consistent pattern of gross violations of human rights pursuant to section 116 or section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151n , 2304); currently designated as a state sponsor of terrorism; currently designated as a Tier 3 country under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. ); the government of which is identified on the list published by the Secretary of State pursuant to section 404(b) of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 ( 22 U.S.C. 2370c–1(b) ) as a government that recruits and uses child soldiers; or the government of which the United States determines to have committed genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, or ethnic cleansing.
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  • 22 USC 2370c–1(b)
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Sec. 321
Removal of members of the United Nations Human Rights Council that commit human rights abuses
U.S.C.§ 2151n
U.S.C.§ 7101
Cite22 USC 2370c–1(b)
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