Pub. L. 106-386, div. A, sec. 104

ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES.

EnactedYear: 2000Length: 980 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 104. ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES. (a) Countries Receiving Economic Assistance.—Section 116(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151(f)) is amended to read as follows: “(f)(1) The report required by subsection (d) shall include the following: “(A) A description of the nature and extent of severe forms of trafficking in persons, as defined in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, in each foreign country. “(B) With respect to each country that is a country of origin, transit, or destination for victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons, an assessment of the efforts by the government of that country to combat such trafficking. The assessment shall address the following: “(i) Whether government authorities in that country participate in, facilitate, or condone such trafficking. “(ii) Which government authorities in that country are involved in activities to combat such trafficking. “(iii) What steps the government of that country has taken to prohibit government officials from participating in, facilitating, or condoning such trafficking, including the investigation, prosecution, and conviction of such officials. “(iv) What steps the government of that country has taken to prohibit other individuals from participating in such trafficking, including the investigation, prosecution, and conviction of individuals involved in severe forms of trafficking in persons, the criminal and civil penalties for such trafficking, and the efficacy of those penalties in eliminating or reducing such trafficking. “(v) What steps the government of that country has taken to assist victims of such trafficking, including efforts to prevent victims from being further victimized by traffickers, government officials, or others, grants of relief from deportation, and provision of humanitarian relief, including provision of mental and physical health care and shelter. “(vi) Whether the government of that country is cooperating with governments of other countries to extradite traffickers when requested, or, to the extent that such cooperation would be inconsistent with the laws of such country or with extradition treaties to which such country is a party, whether the government of that country is taking all appropriate measures to modify or replace such laws and treaties so as to permit such cooperation. “(vii) Whether the government of that country is assisting in international investigations of transnational 114 STAT. 1472trafficking networks and in other cooperative efforts to combat severe forms of trafficking in persons. “(viii) Whether the government of that country refrains from prosecuting victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons due to such victims having been trafficked, and refrains from other discriminatory treatment of such victims. “(ix) Whether the government of that country recognizes the rights of victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons and ensures their access to justice. “(C) Such other information relating to trafficking in per sons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. “(2) In compiling data and making assessments for the purposes of paragraph (1), United States diplomatic mission personnel shall consult with human rights organizations and other appropriate nongovernmental organizations”. (b) Countries Receiving Security Assistance.—Section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection; “(h)(1) The report required by subsection (b) shall include the following: “(A) A description of the nature and extent of severe forms of trafficking in persons, as defined in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, in each foreign country. “(B) With respect to each country that is a country of origin, transit, or destination for victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons, an assessment of the efforts by the government of that country to combat such trafficking. The assessment shall address the following: “(i) Whether government authorities in that country participate in, facilitate, or condone such trafficking. “(ii) Which government authorities in that country are involved in activities to combat such trafficking. “(iii) What steps the government of that country has taken to prohibit government officials from participating in, facilitating, or condoning such trafficking, including the investigation, prosecution, and conviction of such officials. “(iv) What steps the government of that country has taken to prohibit other individuals from participating in such trafficking, including the investigation, prosecution, and conviction of individuals involved in severe forms of trafficking in persons, the criminal and civil penalties for such trafficking, and the efficacy of those penalties in eliminating or reducing such trafficking. “(v) What steps the government of that country has taken to assist victims of such trafficking, including efforts to prevent victims from being further victimized by traffickers, government officials, or others, grants of relief from deportation, and provision of humanitarian relief, including provision of mental and physical health care and shelter. “(vi) Whether the government of that country is cooperating with governments of other countries to extradite traffickers when requested, or, to the extent that such cooperation would be inconsistent with the laws of such country or with extradition treaties to which such country is a party, whether the government of that country is taking 114 STAT. 1473all appropriate measures to modify or replace such laws and treaties so as to permit such cooperation. “(vii) Whether the government of that country is assisting in international investigations of transnational trafficking networks and in other cooperative efforts to combat severe forms of trafficking in persons. “(viii) Whether the government of that country refrains from prosecuting victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons due to such victims having been trafficked, and refrains from other discriminatory treatment of such victims. “(ix) Whether the government of that country recognizes the rights of victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons and ensures their access to justice. “(C) Such other information relating to trafficking in per sons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. “(2) In compiling data and making assessments for the purposes of paragraph (1), United States diplomatic mission personnel shall consult with human rights organizations and other appropriate nongovernmental organizations.”.
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