That the House of Representatives—
calls for justice for victims of enforced disappearances and accountability for those bearing responsibility for these crimes;
calls for United States law enforcement to use all available legal and statutory tools to ensure that alleged perpetrators of enforced disappearances are held accountable in United States courts and to ensure that the United States is not a safe haven for human rights violators;
urges all countries to abandon the unlawful practice of enforced disappearances;
calls upon the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development to continue to support transitional justice measures and initiatives to assist victims and survivors of enforced disappearances, including by supporting national, international, and hybrid mechanisms to clarify the fate and whereabouts of the disappeared;
urges the United States to sign and ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance;
calls upon the Government of China to—
immediately release all persons held in arbitrary detention in Xinjiang, unless there is sufficient credible and admissible evidence that they have committed an internationally recognized offense;
repeal or amend all laws and regulations, and end all related measures, that impermissibly restrict the exercise of human rights by Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities; and
allow independent and unrestricted access to Xinjiang for independent human rights monitors, and make the whereabouts and condition of all detainees known to their families;
calls upon the Government of Sri Lanka to—
carry out effective and independent investigations with a view of swiftly bringing to justice those responsible for enforced disappearances;
recommit the Government to complying with the transitional justice goals and framework as articulated in the United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution 30/1, and implement measures to establish the transitional justice mechanisms outlined in the resolution;
end the threats and intimidation against families of the disappeared, journalists, human rights defenders, and lawyers engaged in cases of enforced disappearances;
consult with victims and families of the disappeared, release lists of those detained since 1978 under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, and investigate and release a list of all secret detention centers;
resume the practice of issuing interim relief to families of the disappeared, as recommended by the Office on Missing Persons;
repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act and stop the misuse of laws, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to threaten, harass and prosecute dissenters, journalists and activists; and
work with the United States Government to pursue those responsible for atrocity crimes and ensuring that the fate of all of those disappeared is determined;
calls upon the Government of Indonesia to—
fulfill the Government’s obligations under international law;
ensure that the military institution cooperates with human rights and justice sector institutions, including the Human Rights Commission;
establish ad hoc human rights courts for enforced disappearances in 1997–1998 and prosecute those responsible for enforced disappearances and other atrocities in Indonesia; and
ratify the signed Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; and
calls upon the Government of Pakistan to—
swiftly release all citizens of Pakistan who have been arbitrarily abducted and detained;
condemn the enforced disappearance of Sindhis, of any religion or association, in Sindh Province;
work to ensure any actions taken in pursuit of legitimate security threats respect the human rights of all people and adhere to international human rights law; and
criminalize the practice of enforced disappearances.