Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 85 — North Korean Human Rights
§ 7816. Establishment of regional framework
Statutory text
Findings
The Congress finds that human rights initiatives can be undertaken on a multilateral basis, such as the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which established a regional framework for discussing human rights, scientific and educational cooperation, and economic and trade issues.
Sense of Congress
It is the sense of Congress that the United Sates 1 should explore the possibility of a regional human rights dialogue with North Korea that is modeled on the Helsinki process, engaging all countries in the region in a common commitment to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms.
Footnotes
- 1 So in original. Probably should be “States”.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004
Pub. L. 108–333 title I § 106 · 118 Stat. 1287
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 7816
(Pub. L. 108–333, title I, § 106, Oct. 18, 2004, 118 Stat. 1292.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 108–333, title I, § 106, Oct. 18, 2004, 118 Stat. 1292.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 106. ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL FRAMEWORK. (a) Findings.— The Congress finds that human rights initiatives can be undertaken on a multilateral basis, such as the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which established a regional framework for discussing human rights, scientific and educational cooperation, and economic and trade issues. (b) Sense of Congress.— It is the sense of Congress that the United Sates should explore the possibility of a regional human rights dialogue with North Korea that is modeled on the Helsinki process, engaging all countries in the region in a common commitment to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision