,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #fb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of 
,,representatives  ,february #ab1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,smith of ,new ,jersey submitted   
the following resolution2 which was     
referred to the ,committee on ,foreign  
,affairs  ,,resolution  ,expressing the 
sense of the ,house of ,representatives 
that the ,secretary of ,state should    
seek to amend ,article #bb of the       
,statute of the ,international ,court of
 ,justice to move the seat of the ,court
 from the ,netherlands4  ,whereas       
according to the ,international ,labor  
,organization1 nearly #ba1jjj1jjj men1  
women1 and children are enslaved in     
human trafficking worldwide at any given
 time1 including #d1ejj1jjj in sexual   
exploitation2 ,whereas the majority of  
trafficking victims are enslaved in     
countries with laws in statute          
prohibiting human trafficking2 ,whereas 
the rule of law1 or fair implementation 
of the law over all to whom the law     
applies1 is essential to securing       

justice for victims of human            
trafficking2 ,whereas no government     
official should be above application of 
and adherence to the rule of law1       
including laws prohibiting human        
trafficking2 ,whereas government        
officials who benefit from or otherwise 
participate in human trafficking are    
obstacles to rescuing victims and       
prosecuting traffickers pursuant to the 
law2 ,whereas ,joris ,demmink1 the      
,secretary ,general of the ,ministry of 
,justice in the ,netherlands from #bjjb 
to #bjab and the ,director ,general for 
,international ,affairs and ,immigration
 in the ,netherlands from #aiic to      
#bjjb1 has been accused by ,mr4 ,osman  
of rape in ,edirne1 ,turkey1 in or about
 #aiig when ,mr4 ,osman was #ad years   
old2 ,whereas ,mr4 ,demmink1 has been   
accused by ,mr4 ,mustafa of rape in     
,istanbul1 ,turkey1 in or about #aiie1  
when ,mr4 ,mustafa was #ab or #ac years 
old2 ,whereas ,mr4 ,demmink has been    
accused by ,mr4 ,yasin of rape in       

,bodrum1 ,turkey1 in or about #aiie1    
when ,mr4 ,yasin was an adolescent2     
,whereas ,necdet ,menzir1 ,chief of the 
,istanbul ,police ,department in the    
#aiijs and former ,minister of          
,transport1 affirms that ,mr4 ,demmink  
visited ,turkey numerous times between  
#aiie and #bjjj using a variety of      
aliases on official and private visits  
to conduct research on his work         
responsibilities related to ,turkey2    
,whereas ,officer ,mehmet ,korkmaz1 a   
,turkish police officer in ,istanbul    
from #aiie to #aiig1 has stated that he 
was responsible for ,mr4 ,demmink's     
security on three of ,mr4 ,demmink's    
alleged visits1 and that he brought     
,mustafa1 at that time a street child1  
as well as other children to ,mr4       
,demmink for ,mr4 ,demmink to sexually  
abuse2 ,whereas ,turkish security       
officer ,hseyin ,celebi reported to     
,chief of the ,general ,staff1 the      
,chief of ,police1 the                  
,attorney-,general of the ,supreme      

,council and the ,ministry of ,justice  
in ,turkey in ,january #bjjg that ,mr4  
,demmink visited ,turkey every year     
between #aiie and #bjjc1 using aliases  
and attempting to hide his presence in  
,turkey2 ,whereas a participant at the  
,march #aiih ,k#d ,committee meeting in 
,ankara1 ,turkey1 has come forward to   
affirm that ,mr4 ,demmink was also      
present at the meeting in ,turkey in    
#aiih2 ,whereas a participant at the    
,july #aiif ,,interpol meeting in       
,antalya1 ,turkey1 has come forward to  
affirm that ,mr4 ,demmink was also      
present at the meeting in ,turkey in    
#aiif2 ,whereas ,mr4 ,demmink has       
officially denied ever visiting ,turkey 
in the #aiijs2 ,whereas ,mr4 ,demmink's 
travel records from #aiig to #bjjj were 
allegedly destroyed1 according to the   
,dutch ,ministry of the ,interior and   
,kingdom ,relations1                    
,directorate-,general for ,immigration  
,affairs2 ,whereas in an ,october #c1   
#bjab1 letter from the ,minister of     

,security and ,justice1 ,i4,w4          
,opstelten1 to the ,house of            
,representatives of the ,states ,general
 of the ,netherlands1 ,opstelten        
indicates that the ,netherlands has     
repeatedly decided against a formal     
investigation into the allegations      
against ,mr4 ,demmink2 ,whereas without 
the authority of a formal investigation1
 the prosecutors lack powers for        
adequate research or travel to ,turkey  
to interview victims and witnesses2     
,whereas the ,netherlands has not       
interviewed alleged victims ,mr4        
,mustafa and ,mr4 ,yasin2 ,whereas the  
,netherlands dismissed the statement of 
,mr4 ,osman without explanation or      
opportunity for the alleged victim to   
clarify his statement2 ,whereas the     
,netherlands has not interviewed any of 
the five additional government or former
 government witnesses2 ,whereas ,mr4    
,mustafa and ,mr4 ,osman have pursued   
every legal option available to secure  
justice in the ,netherlands2 ,whereas   

,mr4 ,mustafa and ,mr4 ,osman have      
reported threats against their lives and
 safety and that of their families in   
,turkey2 ,whereas ,mr4 ,mustafa and ,mr4
 ,osman have gone into hiding in order  
to protect their safety while they seek 
redress through the justice systems of  
the ,netherlands and ,turkey2 ,whereas  
,mr4 ,osman was reportedly beaten and   
suffered broken facial bones after      
leaving an attorney's office in ,turkey 
in ,november #bjab2 ,whereas journalist 
,burhan ,kazmali1 who researched and    
reported on the alleged victims' story1 
was reportedly knocked unconscious on   
the street in ,yalova1 ,turkey1 in      
,december #bjab1 after he refused to    
disclose ,mr4 ,mustafa's address2       
,whereas ,mr4 ,demmink's position as the
 ,secretary ,general of the ,ministry of
 ,justice from #bjjb to #bjab1 during   
the time the alleged victims have been  
pursuing an investigation and criminal  
charges in the ,dutch courts creates a  
heightened duty for the ,netherlands to 

thoroughly investigate the charges and  
avoid the appearance that ,mr4 ,demmink 
is above the rule of law or is otherwise
 obstructing justice by virtue of his   
position2 ,whereas the ,united ,states  
,department of ,state ,trafficking in   
,persons ,report for #bjab indicates    
that1 although the law in the           
,netherlands prescribes maximum         
sentences ranging from #h to #ah years  
imprisonment for individuals convicted  
of human trafficking1 convicted         
traffickers on average receive a        
sentence of less than two years in jail1
 and typically serve little more than #a
 year of the sentence in jail2 ,whereas 
the ,dutch ,state ,secretary of         
,justice1 ,fred ,teeven1 a lead         
prosecutor in a child sex trafficking   
investigation in #aiih which implicated 
high-ranking representatives of the     
,dutch government1 stated under oath in 
a closed court hearing in the ,district 
,court of the ,hague in the case of     
,paul ,h4_/,,om 7#ji_/gedjbc-jf7 that   

the #aiih child sex trafficking         
investigation was blocked and that it   
has never led to the prosecution of the 
suspects because of certain             
contra-actions2 ,whereas the            
international community in #aidf        
designated ,the ,hague1 ,netherlands1 as
 the seat of the ,international ,court  
of ,justice2 ,whereas the ,international
 ,court of ,justice is the principal    
judicial organ of the ,united ,nations  
to promote the rule of law between      
nations2 ,whereas the inexplicable      
refusal of the ,netherlands to formally 
investigate the serious allegations     
against the former ,secretary ,general  
of the ,ministry of ,justice1 ,mr4      
,demmink1 brings into question the rule 
of law in the ,netherlands2 and ,whereas
 the credibility of the ,international  
,court of ,justice is undermined by its 
current location in ,the ,hague1        
,netherlands3 ,now1 therefore1 be it    
,that it is the sense of the ,house of  
,representatives that the ,secretary of 

,state should take the appropriate steps
 in the ,united ,nations to amend       
,article #bb of the ,statute of the     
,international ,court of ,justice to    
move the seat of the court from the     
,netherlands to a more appropriate      
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