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Sec. 5 · S. 4726

Report on atrocities and gross violations of internationally recognized human rights in Sudan

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Introduced · Sec. 5

(a) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and semiannually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive report regarding the conduct of, support for, and perpetrators of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights in Sudan since April 15, 2023. (b) Elements The report required under subsection (a) shall include a description of— (1) any atrocities and other gross violations of internationally recognized human rights committed by the Sudanese Armed Forces, the Rapid Support Forces, non-state armed groups, other entities of the Government of Sudan, and other individuals, including— (A) the recruitment and use of child soldiers; (B) the use of starvation and sexual violence as weapons of war, including systematic rape, sexual slavery, and other forms of sexual violence; (C) the denial of humanitarian access, including the obstruction of humanitarian assistance or the targeting of aid workers; (D) looting, occupation, or destruction of civilian infrastructure, including religious sites, health facilities, and schools; (E) violations in the conduct of hostilities, summary executions, the deliberate targeting of civilians, and arbitrary detention; (F) the systematic targeting of medical facilities and medical personnel, emergency response rooms, or other humanitarian initiatives; (G) the deliberate targeting of places of worship; and (H) ethnically motivated violence, including violence against minority non-Arab communities and indigenous ethnic groups of the Nuba Mountains; and (2) the sanctions imposed in accordance with the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 (title III of Public Law 102–182; 22 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) and the continued monitoring of the use of chemical weapons by the Government of Sudan. (c) Form The report required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

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Committee version · Sec. 5

(a) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and semiannually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive report regarding the conduct of, support for, and perpetrators of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights in Sudan since April 15, 2023. (b) Elements The report required under subsection (a) shall include a description of— (1) any atrocities and other gross violations of internationally recognized human rights committed by the Sudanese Armed Forces, the Rapid Support Forces, non-state armed groups, other entities of the Government of Sudan, and other individuals, including— (A) the recruitment and use of child soldiers; (B) the use of starvation and sexual violence as weapons of war, including systematic rape, sexual slavery, and other forms of sexual violence; (C) the denial of humanitarian access, including the obstruction of humanitarian assistance or the targeting of aid workers; (D) looting, occupation, or destruction of civilian infrastructure, including religious sites, health facilities, and schools; (E) violations in the conduct of hostilities, summary executions, the deliberate targeting of civilians, and arbitrary detention; (F) the systematic targeting of medical facilities and medical personnel, emergency response rooms, or other humanitarian initiatives; (G) the deliberate targeting of places of worship; and (H) ethnically motivated violence, including violence against minority non-Arab communities and indigenous ethnic groups of the Nuba Mountains; and (2) the sanctions imposed in accordance with the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 (title III of Public Law 102–182; 22 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) and the continued monitoring of the use of chemical weapons by the Government of Sudan. (c) Form The report required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

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