Congress signals concern about human rights abuses in China

• Autores: Jean Galbraith
• Localización: American Journal of International Law, ISSN 0002-9300, Vol. 114, Nº 2, 2020, págs. 304-307
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In late November of 2019, Congress passed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 (HKHRDA) with overwhelming bipartisan backing. Although its substantive provisions were modest in scope, this bill sent a strong indication of congressional support for protesters in Hong Kong. Despite having some reservations about this bill, President Trump signed it and a companion bill into law on November 27. The following month, Congress signaled attention to another human rights situation in China—the treatment of Uighurs in Xinjiang—by including a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 that requires an executive-branch report on this issue.