United States · Resolution · SRES
S.Res. 211 (115th)
A resolution condemning the violence and persecution in Chechnya.
Introduced
29 June 2017
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Status
Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6878; text: CR S6878)
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5 December 2025
Summary
Condemns the violence and persecution in Chechnya. Calls on: Chechen officials to cease the abduction, detention, and torture of individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation and hold accountable those involved in perpetrating such abuses; the government of the Russian Federation to protect the human rights of all its citizens, condemn the violence and persecution, investigate such crimes in Chechnya, and hold accountable those involved in perpetrating such abuses; and the U.S. government to continue to condemn the violence and persecution in Chechnya, demand the release of individuals wrongfully detained, and identify those individuals whose involvement in such violence qualifies for the imposition of sanctions under the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 or the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act. Affirms that the rights to freedom of assembly, association, and expression and freedom from extrajudicial detention and violence are universal human rights.
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9 official files
Agreed to Senate (text)
Agreed to Senate (text)
Agreed to Senate · EN · 30 October 2017
Agreed to Senate (PDF)
Agreed to Senate · EN · 30 October 2017
Passed Senate amended
summary · EN · 30 October 2017
Reported to Senate (text)
Reported to Senate · EN · 16 October 2017
Reported to Senate (PDF)
Reported to Senate · EN · 16 October 2017
Reported to Senate with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 16 October 2017
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 29 June 2017
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 29 June 2017
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 29 June 2017
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-resolution/211
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/sres/211