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introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 :i* 0 read     
twice & ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,=eign
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individuals :o face reprisals = def5d+  
human rights & democracy by enhanc+ !   
capacity ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates ,gov]nm5t to 
prev5t1 mitigate1 & respond 9 su* cases4
  #a4 ,%ort title ,?is ,act may be cit$ 
z ! ,global ,voices ( ,fre$om ,act (    
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foll[+3 7#a7 ,sev5ty-five ye>s ago1 !   
,unit$ ,nations ,g5]al ,assembly1 )     
lead]%ip f ! ,unit$ ,/ates1 adopt$ !    
,univ]sal ,decl>ation ( ,human ,rights1 
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7ref]r$ to 9 ?is section z !            
,decl>ation71 & s9ce ! adoption ( !     
,decl>ation1 human rights def5d]s h     
mobiliz$ communities ar\nd ! vision ( a 
_w free & equal 9 dignity & rights      

describ$ 9 ! ,decl>ation4  7#b7         
,tw5ty-five ye>s ago1 ! ,unit$ ,nations 
unanim\sly adopt$ ! ,unit$ ,nations     
,decl>ation on ,human ,rights ,def5d]s1 
:i* calls ^u all ,/ates to respect !    
role ( individual citiz5s & civil       
society organizations 9 def5d+ human    
rights & democratic pr9ciples4  7#c7    
,human rights def5d]s advocate = human  
rights & democratic pr9ciples1 fight    
corruption1 support good gov]nance1 seek
 to end impunity1 support victims (     
human rights violations1 & speak tru? to
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regimes & backslid+ democracies4  7#d7  
,increas+ly1 human rights def5d]s ar\nd 
! _w face ?reats & viol5ce 9 retaliation
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& reprisals aga9/ su* def5d]s h gr[n 9  
numb]1 scale1 & sophi/ication1 ) onl9e &
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,commission] = ,human ,rights1 e ye>    
hundr$s ( human rights def5d]s are      
murd]$ & ?\s&s m are subject$ to        

torture1 en=c$ disappe>ance1 sexual     
viol5ce1 hate crimes1 unlawful or       
arbitr>y det5tion1 judicial h>assm5t1   
unlawful or arbitr>y digital            
surveillance1 & =c$ exile4  7#f7 ,today1
 autocratic regimes are engag+ 9        
increas+ly brutal crackd[ns on human    
rights def5d]s by co-opt+ /ates or      
collaborat+ ) transnational crim9al     
organizations1 p>amilit>y gr\ps1 & o!r  
actors to sil5ce critical voices4  7#g7 
,su* tactics are n limit$ to autocratic 
regimes & are n[ us$ 9 e region ( ! _w1 
accel]at+ a global decl9e 9 respect =   
human rights & democratic pr9ciples4    
7#h7 ,few attacks aga9/ human rights    
def5d]s are inve/igat$ or prosecut$1 &  
rampant impunity has only spurr$ fur!r  
viol5ce1 creat+ a *ill+ effect on ! "w (
 o!rs seek+ to promote human rights &   
democratic pr9ciples4  7#i7 ,human      
rights def5d]s :o speak up on behalf (  
communities t h hi/orically fac$        
discrim9ation face ! highe/ levels (    
viol5ce1 su* z ^? advocat+ = ,indig5\s  

communities1 environm5tal & climate     
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wom5's1 & religi\s rights4  7#aj7       
,attacks on human rights def5d]s are n  
limit$ to individuals resid+ 9-c\ntry1 &
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transnational repression1 rea*+ across  
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outside ( _! c\ntry ( orig94  7#aa7     
,al?\gh ! ,unit$ ,/ates has long play$ a
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,diplomats ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates (t5 lack   
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or 9 hid+4  7#ac7 ,giv5 ! dramatic      

increase 9 attacks on human rights      
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,def9itions ,9 ?is ,act-- 7#a7          
,appropriate congressional committees ,!
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def5d]  7,a7 ,9 g5]al ,! t]m human      
rights def5d] means an individual1 work+
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consi/5t ) ! pr9ciples describ$ 9 !     
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#d4 ,/atem5t ( policy ,x %all be !      
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reaffirm ! commitm5t ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates  
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ea* c\ntry-specific ,integrat$ ,c\ntry  
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families4  7c7 ,implem5tation ,9        
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specific implem5tation plan = !         
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,/rategy4  7d7 ,=m & availability  7#a7 
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unclassifi$ =m1 b may include a         
classifi$ annex1 if necess>y4  7#b7     
,brief+ ,n lat] ?an #cj days prior to   
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p>agraph 7#c71 ! ,"u ,secret>y =        
,civilian ,security1 ,democracy1 &      
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congressional committees on ! ,/rategy4 
7#c7 ,public ,availability ,!           
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repression1 /ate h>assm5t1 & reprisals2 
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rights def5d]s1 includ+ human rights    
def5d]s :o engage ) ! ,unit$ ,nations & 
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memb] /ates to engage ) ! m&ate = !     
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section z ! ,special ,rapporteur71 to   
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take /eps to implem5t ! recomm5dations (
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engage 9 reprisals aga9/ human rights   
def5d]s4  #g4 ,annual c\ntry reports on 
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7,c7 ,a description ( ! treatm5t ( human
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patt]ns ( reprisals 7z def9$ 9 su*      
section7 aga9/ human rights def5d]s     
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types ( tactics be+ us$4  7,d7 ,:5      
feasible1 details on ! total numb] (    
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7#c7 by add+ at ! end ! foll[+ new      
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ye>s #bjbd ?r\gh #bjbh to c>ry out--    
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