SRES 211
115th Congress
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A resolution condemning the violence and persecution in Chechnya.
Introduced: June 29, 2017
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Passed House
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Became law
Oct 30, 2017
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S6878; text: CR S6878)
Oct 30, 2017
Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6878; text: CR S6878)
Oct 16, 2017
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 243.
Oct 16, 2017
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and with an amended preamble. Without written report.
Oct 5, 2017
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Jun 29, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Jun 29, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3863)
Plain-English summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on October 16, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Condemns the violence and persecution in Chechnya.
Calls on:
- Chechen officials to cease the abduction, detention, and torture of individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation and hold accountable those involved in perpetrating such abuses;
- the government of the Russian Federation to protect the human rights of all its citizens, condemn the violence and persecution, investigate the allegations in Chechnya, and hold accountable those involved in perpetrating such abuses; and
- the U.S. government to continue to condemn the violence and persecution in Chechnya, demand the release of individuals wrongfully detained, and identify those individuals whose involvement in such violence qualifies for the imposition of sanctions under the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 or the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act.
Affirms the fundamental human rights to peaceful assembly, freedom of association and expression, and freedom from arbitrary detention and torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment.
What's happening now
Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6878; text: CR S6878)
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