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Expressing the sense of the Senate that the atrocities perpetrated by the Government of the People’s Republic of China against Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region constitutes genocide.

S. Res. 760 · 116th Congress · Oct 26, 2020 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the Senate—
(1)
declares that the atrocities perpetrated by the Government of the People’s Republic of China against Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region constitute genocide;
(2)
demands that the Government of the People’s Republic of China immediately—
(A)
adhere to its commitments under the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide;
(B)
halt the genocide it is perpetrating against Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region;
(C)
release individuals from internment camps, forced labor programs, and state-run boarding schools;
(D)
reunite families and rebuild or repair mosques; and
(E)
guarantee freedom of religion, including Islam;
(3)
urges the Administration to take all appropriate measures, including working with like-minded states and multilateral coalitions, to compel, induce, or otherwise oblige the Government of the People’s Republic of China to immediately take the actions described in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of paragraph (2);
(4)
urges all national governments and international organizations, including the United Nations and its Office of the Secretary-General, to call the Government of the People’s Republic of China’s atrocity crimes by their rightful name: “genocide”;
(5)
urges the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations to take steps to coordinate with other members of the United Nations to enact measures to prevent atrocity crimes by the Government of the People’s Republic of China, and to punish those responsible for these ongoing crimes, including by the collection and preservation of evidence, imposing sanctions against perpetrators, and if necessary, the establishment and operation of appropriate tribunals;
(6)
urges member states of the United Nations to use their votes to bar the Government of the People’s Republic of China from membership of any United Nations councils or other component overseeing human rights until an independent commission established by the United Nations verifies that the People's Republic of China has returned to adhering to its commitments under the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; and
(7)
encourages the United States Government and United States companies to lead global coalitions ensuring businesses are not enabling, supporting, or profiting off the mass surveillance and forced labor, which is a form of human trafficking, of Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority groups in China.