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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 755 

Requesting information on the Government of Turkey’s human rights 

practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 22 (legislative day, OCTOBER 19), 2020 

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. CASEY, Mr. MARKEY, 

Mr. DURBIN, Mr. BOOKER, and Mr. REED) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Requesting information on the Government of Turkey’s 

human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of 

the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON THE GOVERN3 MENT OF TURKEY’S HUMAN RIGHTS PRAC4 TICES. 

5 (a) STATEMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days 

6 after the date of the adoption of this resolution, the Sec7 retary of State shall, pursuant to section 502B(c) of the 

8 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(c)), 

9 transmit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 


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1 Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

2 House of Representatives a statement, prepared with the 

3 assistance of the Assistant Secretary of State for Democ4 racy, Human Rights, and Labor, with respect to Turkey. 

5 (b) ELEMENTS.—The statement submitted under 

6 subsection (a) shall include the following elements: 

7 (1) All the available information about observ8 ance of and respect for human rights and funda9 mental freedom in Turkey, and a detailed descrip10 tion of practices by the Government of Turkey with 

11 respect thereto, including alleged violations of such 

12 rights and freedoms by the Government of Turkey, 

13 including— 

14 (A) arbitrary killings; 

15 (B) suspicious deaths of persons in deten16 tion; 

17 (C) forced disappearances; 

18 (D) torture; 

19 (E) arbitrary arrest and detention without 

20 charges and trial; 

21 (F) restrictions on freedom of expression, 

22 the press, and the internet; 

23 (G) restrictions on freedoms of assembly, 

24 association, and movement; 

25 (H) refoulement of refugees; and 


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1 (I) discrimination and violence against 

2 women, minorities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, 

3 transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) persons. 

4 (2) The steps the United States Government 

5 has taken to— 

6 (A) promote respect for and observance of 

7 human rights in Turkey and to discourage any 

8 practices in Turkey that are inimical to inter9 nationally recognized human rights; and 

10 (B) publicly or privately call attention to, 

11 and to disassociate the United States and any 

12 security assistance provided for Turkey from 

13 such practices. 

14 (3) Whether, in the opinion of the Secretary of 

15 State, notwithstanding any such practices, extraor16 dinary circumstances exist that necessitate a con17 tinuation of security assistance for Turkey and, if 

18 so, a description of the circumstances and the extent 

19 to which the assistance should be continued (subject 

20 to such conditions as Congress may impose under 

21 section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

22 (22 U.S.C. 2304)), and all the facts pursuant to 

23 which it is in the national interest of the United 

24 States to provide such assistance. 

25 (4) Other information, including— 


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1 (A) all available credible information con2 cerning alleged violations of internationally rec3 ognized human rights or international humani4 tarian law by the Government of Turkey, its 

5 armed forces, and associated groups and per6 sons in the South Caucasus, Syria, Libya, and 

7 Iraq, including through indiscriminate or dis8 proportionate attacks, the displacement of civil9 ian populations, and attacks on civilian infra10 structure and houses of worship; 

11 (B) whether United States-built F–16s 

12 have been used by the Government of Turkey in 

13 the South Caucasus since conflict in the region 

14 escalated on September 27, 2020, in a manner 

15 inimical to internationally recognized human 

16 rights; and 

17 (C) a description of the steps the United 

18 States has taken to— 

19 (i) discourage any practices by the 

20 Government of Turkey, its armed forces, 

21 or associated groups or persons in the 

22 South Caucasus, Syria, Libya, or Iraq that 

23 are inimical to internationally recognized 

24 human rights; and 


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1 (ii) publicly or privately call attention 

2 to, and disassociate the United States and 

3 any security assistance provided to the 

4 Government of Turkey from such practices 

5 in the South Caucasus, Syria, Libya, or 

6 Iraq. 

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