§1. Request for information on Kosovo’s human rights practices
This section requests that the Secretary of State submit to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and House Committee on Foreign Affairs, not later than 30 days after adoption of this resolution and pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(c)), a statement on Kosovo’s human rights practices prepared in collaboration with the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and the Office of the Legal Adviser. The statement must include (1) all available credible information on alleged violations by the Government of Kosovo, including arbitrary arrest or detention, torture, due process violations, enforced disappearances, killings, trafficking in persons, and treatment of non-citizens removed to Kosovo by the United States; (2) U.S. government steps to promote human rights observance, discourage violations, disassociate from them, and assess treatment of such non-citizens prior to removal (including individualized assessments and assurances of legal status or humane treatment); and (3) other information, including assessments of security assistance use in renditions or detentions, pre-removal analyses, detention conditions, actions for compliance with U.S. court orders or protection from harm, related agreements or transactions, 2025-2026 removals, and facilitation of releases or returns.