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Title III — Promotion of Human Rights

114th Congress · Approved Feb 18, 2016 · 130 Stat. 93

TITLE III Promotion of Human Rights

SEC. 301. Information Technology.

Section 104 of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 7814) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(d) Information Technology Study.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2015, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a classified report that sets forth a detailed plan for making unrestricted, unmonitored, and inexpensive electronic mass communications available to the people of North Korea.”

SEC. 302. Strategy to Promote North Korean Human Rights.

(a)
In General.— Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report that details a United States strategy to promote initiatives to enhance international awareness of and to address the human rights situation in North Korea.
(b)
Information.— The report required under subsection (a) should include—
(1)
a list of countries that forcibly repatriate refugees from North Korea; and
(2)
a list of countries where North Korean laborers work, including countries the governments of which have formal arrangements with the Government of North Korea or any person acting for or on behalf of that Government to employ North Korean workers.
(c)
Strategy.— The report required under subsection (a) should include—
(1)
a plan to enhance bilateral and multilateral outreach, including sustained engagement with the governments of partners and allies with overseas posts to routinely demarche or brief those governments on North Korea human rights issues, including forced labor, trafficking, and repatriation of citizens of North Korea;
(2)
public affairs and public diplomacy campaigns, including options to work with news organizations and media outlets to publish opinion pieces and secure public speaking opportunities for United States Government officials on issues related to the human rights situation in North Korea, including forced labor, trafficking, and repatriation of citizens of North Korea; and
(3)
opportunities to coordinate and collaborate with appropriate nongovernmental organizations and private sector entities to raise awareness and provide assistance to North Korean defectors throughout the world.

SEC. 303. Report on North Korean Prison Camps.

(a)
In General.— The Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that describes, with respect to each political prison camp in North Korea, to the extent information is available—
(1)
the camp’s estimated prisoner population;
(2)
the camp’s geographical coordinates;
(3)
the reasons for the confinement of the prisoners;
(4)
the camp’s primary industries and products, and the end users of any goods produced in the camp;
(5)
the individuals and agencies responsible for conditions in the camp;
(6)
the conditions under which prisoners are confined, with respect to the adequacy of food, shelter, medical care, working conditions, and reports of ill-treatment of prisoners; and
(7)
imagery, to include satellite imagery of the camp, in a format that, if published, would not compromise the sources and methods used by the United States intelligence community to capture geospatial imagery.
(b)
Form.— The report required under subsection (a) may be included in the first human rights report required to be submitted to Congress after the date of the enactment of this Act under sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d) and 2304(b)).

SEC. 304. Report on and Imposition of Sanctions with Respect to Serious Human Rights Abuses or Censorship in North Korea.

(a)
Report Required.—
(1)
In general.— The Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that—
(A)
identifies each person the Secretary determines to be responsible for serious human rights abuses or censorship in North Korea and describes the conduct of that person; and
(B)
describes serious human rights abuses or censorship undertaken by the Government of North Korea or any person acting for or on behalf of that Government in the most recent year ending before the submission of the report.
(2)
Consideration.— In preparing the report required under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall—
(A)
give due consideration to the findings of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea; and
(B)
make specific findings with respect to the responsibility of Kim Jong Un, and of each individual who is a member of the National Defense Commission of North Korea or the Organization and Guidance Department of the Workers’ Party of Korea, for serious human rights abuses and censorship.
(3)
Submission and form.—
(A)
Submission.— The report required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter for a period not to exceed 3 years, and shall be included in each human rights report required under sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d) and 2304(b)).
(B)
Form.— The report required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
(C)
Public availability.— The Secretary of State shall publish the unclassified part of the report required under paragraph (1) on the website of the Department of State.
(b)
Designation of Persons.— The President shall designate under section 104(a) any person listed in the report required under subsection (a)(1) that—
(1)
knowingly engages in, is responsible for, or facilitates censorship by the Government of North Korea; or
(2)
knowingly engages in, is responsible for, or facilitates serious human rights abuses by the Government of North Korea.
(c)
Sense of Congress.— It is the sense of Congress that the President should—
(1)
seek the prompt adoption by the United Nations Security Council of a resolution calling for the blocking of the assets of all persons responsible for severe human rights abuses or censorship in North Korea; and
(2)
fully cooperate with the prosecution of any individual listed in the report required under subsection (a)(1) before any international tribunal that may be established to prosecute persons responsible for severe human rights abuses or censorship in North Korea.