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Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday introduced their version of a bill aimed at blocking oppressive regimes' access to U.S. weapons, following up on identical arms trade legislation brought before the U.S. Senate earlier this year. ....
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday introduced their version of a bill aimed at blocking oppressive regimes' access to U.S. weapons, following up on identical arms trade legislation brought before the U.S. Senate earlier this year. ....
ADVERTISEMENT Dem Sens. Propose Arms Sale Ban For War Crimes, Genocide Law360 (April 30, 2021, 7:08 PM EDT) A group of Democratic senators introduced a bill Thursday that would block weapon sales from the United States to nations engaged in genocide and war crimes, while requiring the return of any U.S. weapons used by foreign countries to violate international humanitarian law. The bill, dubbed the Safeguarding Human Rights in Arms Exports, or SAFEGUARD, Act, was introduced by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and six other senators, including Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. Among other things, the bill would also make protecting human rights in arms sales an official policy of the United States. ....
Reply On Thursday, Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and several of his Democratic peers in the U.S. Senate introduced the Safeguarding Human Rights in Arms Exports Act of 2021. (Shutterstock) NEW JERSEY When the United States sells weapons to foreign governments, it has a responsibility to make sure they aren t used to inflict misery on innocent civilians, a cadre of federal lawmakers say. On Thursday, Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and several of his Democratic peers in the U.S. Senate introduced the Safeguarding Human Rights in Arms Exports Act of 2021. If passed, the bill would prohibit U.S. arms sales to countries committing genocide or war crimes. Read the full text here. ....