•HRES 735 IH 
a statement, prepared in collaboration with the Assistant 
Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor and the Office of the Legal Adviser, regarding Azer-
baijan’s human rights practices. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The statement submitted under 
subsection (a) shall include the following elements: 
(1) All available information about the observ-
ance and respect for human rights and fundamental 
freedoms in Azerbaijan, including information con-
cerning alleged violations of internationally recog-
nized human rights by the Government of Azer-
baijan, including— 
(A) unlawful or arbitrary killings; 
(B) torture; 
(C) cruel, inhuman, or degrading treat-
ment or punishment of detainees; 
(D) political prisoners; 
(E) arbitrary arrest or detention; 
(F) restrictions on freedom of assembly, 
association, and movement; 
(G) pervasive problems with the independ-
ence of the judiciary; 
(H) forced disappearances; 
(I) serious restrictions on freedom of 
speech, expression, and the media; 
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(J) severe restrictions on political partici-
pation; 
(K) discrimination against women and gen-
der-based violence; 
(L) restrictions on religious freedom; 
(M) serious restrictions on internet free-
dom; and 
(N) existence of the worst forms of child 
labor. 
(2) A description of the steps that the United 
States Government has taken— 
(A) to promote respect for and observance 
of human rights in Azerbaijan and by the Gov-
ernment of Azerbaijan, including in the context 
of the conflict with Armenia and Artsakh 
(Nagorno-Karabakh); 
(B) to discourage any practices in Azer-
baijan that are inimical to internationally recog-
nized human rights; and 
(C) to publicly or privately call attention 
to, and disassociate the United States and any 
security assistance provided for the Government 
of Azerbaijan from, any practices described in 
subparagraph (B). 
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(3) An assessment from the Secretary of State, 
notwithstanding any practices described in para-
graph (2)(B), whether extraordinary circumstances 
exist that necessitate a continuation of security as-
sistance for Azerbaijan. 
(4) If such circumstances exist, a description of 
the circumstances and the extent to which security 
assistance should be continued (subject to such con-
ditions as Congress may impose under section 502B 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2304)). 
(5) Other information, including— 
(A) an assessment from the Secretary of 
State of the likelihood that United States secu-
rity assistance (as defined in section 502B(d) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2304(d))) will be used in support of Azerbaijani 
activities related to the conflict with Armenia, 
aggression 
against 
Nagorno-Karabakh 
(Artsakh), and the blockade of the Lachin Cor-
ridor; 
(B) a description and assessment of the 
actions that the United States Government is 
taking to ensure end use monitoring protocols 
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•HRES 735 IH 
for all weapons sold or transferred to Azer-
baijan; 
(C) an assessment of the impact of United 
States assistance provided to Azerbaijan over 
the past 10 years on the balance of power be-
tween Azerbaijan and Armenia, and on efforts 
to negotiate a durable and lasting peace settle-
ment between Armenia and Azerbaijan; 
(D) a description of the United States 
Government’s efforts to implement the Leahy 
Law in Azerbaijan and ensure that no units im-
plicated in gross violations of human rights re-
ceive United States assistance, including infor-
mation on units that have been rejected in the 
Leahy vetting process; 
(E) an assessment from the Secretary of 
State of whether ethnic cleansing or genocidal 
acts are taking place in Nagorno-Karabakh; 
and 
(F) a description of any actions that the 
United States Government is taking to imple-
ment sanctions, including sanctions under the 
Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability 
Act and section 7031(c) of the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
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•HRES 735 IH 
grams Appropriations Act, to hold accountable 
Azerbaijani officials responsible for gross viola-
tions of human rights or significant corruption. 
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