Statement of policy

It is the policy of the United States to use the voice and vote, and influence of the United States at the United Nations and other multilateral organizations to— (1) highlight the cases of United States nationals detained in China; (2) condemn the use of exit bans by the Government of the People’s Republic of China and count exit bans in the total number of unjustly detained Americans; (3) condemn the unjust detention of the families of United States nationals, particularly when the detention is used to intimidate, silence, or censor Americans; and (4) press the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to investigate and make determinations regarding cases of the family members of United States nationals whose loved ones are detained in retaliation for their professional activities or human rights advocacy.