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119-sres-351119th Congress

A resolution requesting information on the Kingdom of Eswatini's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

Sponsored By: Senator Kaine, Tim [D-VA]

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Summary

A targeted U.S. human rights review of Eswatini focused on people the United States has removed there. The resolution would direct the Secretary of State to deliver a detailed report within 30 days assessing allegations such as arbitrary arrest, torture, trafficking, and the treatment of non-citizens removed to Eswatini.

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  • People removed to Eswatini or at risk of removal: Would prompt a public accounting of allegations including arbitrary and unlawful arrest, torture, enforced disappearances, trafficking, and whether those individuals had access to due process or a meaningful opportunity to contest removal.
  • Department of State staff: Would require the Secretary of State to prepare the statement in collaboration with the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and the Office of the Legal Adviser and to submit it to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs within 30 days.
  • U.S. policy oversight and security assistance: Would require assessments of whether U.S. security assistance could be used to support rendition, trafficking, detention, or imprisonment, any agreements or transactions related to such removals, actions to ensure compliance with U.S. court orders, and a summary of meetings in 2025 between Eswatini and U.S. officials.

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Report on Eswatini treatment of migrants

If adopted, this resolution would ask the Secretary of State to prepare and send a public statement within 30 days to the Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs Committees. The Secretary would prepare the statement with the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and the State Department Office of the Legal Adviser. The statement would include all available credible information on alleged human rights violations in Eswatini. It would focus on arrests, detention, torture or cruel treatment, due process failures, enforced disappearances, unlawful killings, and trafficking. It would pay special attention to people the United States sent or might send to Eswatini. The report would explain U.S. pre-removal reviews and individualized assessments, any risk that U.S. security aid could support rendition or detention, and steps the U.S. has taken to prevent or respond to abuses. It would also disclose any agreements or financial transactions related to removals or detention, identify any individuals sent to Eswatini in 2025, and summarize 2025 meetings between Eswatini and Washington-based U.S. officials.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Kaine, Tim [D-VA]

VA • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]

    VT • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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