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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2223

To establish and implement efforts to eliminate restrictions on the enclaved

people of Cyprus.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AUGUST 4, 1995

Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. PORTER, Mr. TORRICELLI, Mr. BILIRAKIS, and Mr. ENGEL) introduced the following bill; which was referred

to the Committee on International Relations

A BILL

To establish and implement efforts to eliminate restrictions

on the enclaved people of Cyprus.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Freedom and Human

5 Rights for the Enclaved People of Cyprus Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 The Congress finds the following:

8 (1) The respect for fundamental freedom and

9 human rights, especially in those countries that are
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1 allies of the United States, is a cornerstone of

2 United States foreign policy.

3 (2) Among the purposes of United States for4 eign assistance is to promote human rights.

5 (3) United States foreign assistance should be

6 utilized to end the imposition of restrictions on the

7 freedoms and human rights of the enclaved people of

8 Cyprus.

9 (4) Among the restrictions of freedom and

10 human rights to which the enclaved people of Cyprus

11 are subjected are the following:

12 (A) Restrictions on the freedom to wor13 ship, including restrictions on times and places

14 for such worship.

15 (B) Restrictions on communication with

16 individuals living outside the area of the

17 enclaved, including a requirement that an indi18 vidual from among those in control be present

19 during any such communication.

20 (C) Prohibition on the possession of tele21 phones in homes.

22 (D) A requirement that an enclaved indi23 vidual receive permission from an individual

24 from among those in control before leaving the

25 enclaved area.
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1 (E) Censorship of mail sent to and from

2 the enclaved area.

3 (F) A requirement that enclaved males

4 aged 18 to 50 report once a week to those in

5 control.

6 (G) Restrictions on the provision of edu7 cational services, including—

8 (i) lack of replacement elementary

9 school teachers and lack of educational fa10 cilities beyond elementary school;

11 (ii) a requirement that an enclaved in12 dividual who chooses to leave home for

13 education beyond elementary school may

14 return home not more than three times a

15 year; and

16 (iii) a requirement that enclaved

17 males 16 years of age or older and

18 enclaved females 18 years of age or older

19 who choose to leave home for education be20 yond elementary school may not return

21 home at all.

22 (H) Violation of property rights, including

23 confiscation of property without compensation.

24 (I) Lack of compensation for work per25 formed.
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1 (J) Harassment, beating, rape, and mur2 der without adequate protection or investiga3 tion.

4 SEC. 3. UNITED STATES EFFORTS TO RESOLVE THE RE5 STRICTIONS ON THE ENCLAVED PEOPLE IN

6 CYPRUS.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall establish ef8 forts by the United States—

9 (1) to inform the United States Government,

10 the United Nations, and foreign governments of the

11 restrictions on the enclaved people of Cyprus,

12 (2) to enlist the United Nations and foreign

13 governments in efforts to end restrictions on the

14 freedom and human rights of the enclaved people of

15 Cyprus, and

16 (3) to establish United States Government pro17 grams of assistance to the enclaved people of Cyprus

18 and efforts for the alleviation and elimination of re19 strictions on the enclaved.

20 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.—

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall, to the

22 extent practicable, use funds allocated for a fiscal

23 year to the government or ethnic community partici24 pating directly or indirectly in imposition of restric25 tions on the freedom and human rights of the
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1 enclaved people of Cyprus or, in the absence of such

2 funds, shall establish a foreign assistance program

3 for the enclaved people of Cyprus.

4 (2) USE OF FUNDS.—Assistance for the

5 enclaved people of Cyprus under paragraph (1) shall

6 include—

7 (A) programs to eliminate specific aspects

8 of the restrictions of freedom and human rights

9 on the enclaved people of Cyprus; and

10 (B) programs to return ancestral homes

11 and lands to the enclaved people, including

12 United States citizens, who have been forcibly

13 expelled, or those individuals who have fled the

14 enclaved areas or other areas of Cyprus in fear

15 of severe restrictions of freedom, human rights

16 abuses, or violation of property rights.

17 (c) NOTIFICATION OF OPPOSITION TO RESTRICTIONS

18 OF FREEDOM AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.—The Presi19 dent—

20 (1) shall notify in writing each fiscal year the

21 head of government of any foreign country that is

22 participating, directly or indirectly, in the restric23 tions on freedom and human rights of the enclaved

24 people of Cyprus of the opposition by the United
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1 States to that government’s participation in such re2 strictions; and

3 (2) shall urge the head of such government to

4 cease participation in such restrictions and to work

5 to eliminate such restrictions.

6 (d) MONITORING AND REPORTING REQUIRE7 MENTS.—The Secretary of State shall include a report on

8 the enclaved people of Cyprus as part of the annual De9 partment of State’s Country Reports on Human Rights

10 Practices.

11 SEC. 4. UNITED NATIONS EFFORTS TO RESOLVE THE RE12 STRICTIONS ON THE ENCLAVED PEOPLE IN

13 CYPRUS.

14 The President shall direct the United States rep15 resentative to the United Nations—

16 (1) to urge the United Nations High Commis17 sioner for Refugees to address and solve the plight

18 of those enclaved on Cyprus; and

19 (2) to call upon the United Nations Human

20 Rights Commissioner to investigate the plight of the

21 enclaved on Cyprus and to implement appropriate

22 and effective corrective action.

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