PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

President must send reports to the right congressional committees starting within 180 days after January 1, 2021. One report on human rights must come within 180 days and then once a year for 2 years. A report on senior Sudanese officials’ activities and finances must come within 180 days and again one year later. A report on sanctions under Executive Order No. 13400 (71 Fed. Reg. 25483) must come within 180 days. The human-rights report must summarize gross abuses since December 2018, including sexual and gender-based violence, update on any transitional justice plans to investigate abuses since June 30, 1989 (including the June 3, 2019 Khartoum massacre), say whether those abuses could be war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide, and list cases since the start of the transitional period where security or intelligence members were charged for abuses since June 30, 1989. The senior-officials report must describe any senior officials’ roles since the transitional government began in August 2019 in rights abuses, unlawful child recruitment in conflicts (Sudan, Libya, Yemen, or others), major corruption, efforts to avoid civilian control of security finances, or support for terrorism; name banks (including offshore) holding significant assets and estimate values; and give U.S. agency information since August 2019 about persons, governments, or financial institutions that facilitate corruption, illicit trade in resources (including petroleum and gold), or that gave funds to Sovereignty Council or Cabinet members outside the Central Bank of Sudan or Ministry of Finance. The sanctions report must identify senior Sudanese officials the President finds meet the criteria for sanctions under Executive Order No. 13400. Reports required for the senior-officials and sanctions items must be unclassified but may include a classified annex.

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(a)Report on accountability for human rights abuses

Not later than 180 days after January 1, 2021, and annually thereafter for 2 years, the President shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that—

(1)summarizes reports of gross violations of human rights, including sexual and gender-based violence, committed against civilians in Sudan, including members of the Sudanese security and intelligence services or any associated militias, between December 2018 and the date of the submission of the report;

(2)provides an update on any potential transitional justice mechanisms in Sudan to investigate, charge, and prosecute alleged perpetrators of gross violations of human rights in Sudan since June 30, 1989, including with respect to the June 3, 2019 massacre in Khartoum;

(3)provides an analysis of whether the gross violations of human rights summarized pursuant to paragraph (1) amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide; and

(4)identifies specific cases since the beginning of the transitional period in which members of the Sudanese security and intelligence services have been charged and prosecuted for actions that constitute gross violations of human rights perpetrated since June 30, 1989.

(b)Report on certain activities and finances of senior officials of the government of Sudan

Not later than 180 days after January 1, 2021, and 1 year thereafter, the President shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that—

(1)describes the actions and involvement of any previous or current senior officials of the Government of Sudan since the establishment of the transitional government in August 2019 in—

(A)directing, carrying out, or overseeing gross violations of human rights;

(B)directing, carrying out, or overseeing the unlawful use or recruitment of children by armed groups or armed forces in the context of conflicts in Sudan, Libya, Yemen, or other countries;

(C)directing, carrying out, or colluding in significant acts of corruption;

(D)directing, carrying out, or overseeing any efforts to circumvent the establishment of civilian control over the finances and assets of the Sudanese security and intelligence services; or

(E)facilitating, supporting, or financing terrorist activity in Sudan or other countries;

(2)identifies Sudanese and foreign financial institutions, including offshore financial institutions, in which senior officials of the Government of Sudan whose actions are described in paragraph (1) hold significant assets, and provides an estimate of the value of such assets;

(3)identifies any information United States Government agencies have obtained since August 2019 regarding persons, foreign governments, and Sudanese or foreign financial institutions that knowingly facilitate, finance, or otherwise benefit from corruption or illicit economic activity in Sudan, including the export of mineral resources, and, in particular, if that trade is violating any United States restrictions that remain in place by legislation or Executive order;

(4)identifies any information United States Government agencies have obtained since August 2019 regarding senior officials of the Government of Sudan who are personally involved in the illicit trade in mineral resources, including petroleum and gold; and

(5)identifies any information United States Government agencies have obtained since August 2019 regarding individuals or foreign governments that have provided funds to individual members of the Sovereignty Council or the Cabinet outside of the Central Bank of Sudan or the Ministry of Finance.

(c)Report on sanctions pursuant to Executive Order No. 13400

Not later than 180 days after January 1, 2021, the President shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that identifies the senior Sudanese government officials that President determines meet the criteria to be sanctionable pursuant to Executive Order No. 13400 (71 Fed. Reg. 25483; relating to blocking property of persons in connection with the conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region).

(d)Form

The reports required under subsections (b) and (c) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

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Executive Order No. 13400, referred to in subsec. (c), is Ex. Ord. No. 13400, Apr. 26, 2006, 71 F.R. 25483, which is listed in a table under section 1701 of Title 50, War and National Defense.

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