Calling on the Government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement to immediately declare a ceasefire and halt hostilities in the Indonesian province of Aceh, end all human rights violations, and return to negotiations with significant Acehnese civil society and international involvement, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Nov 18, 2003 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Progress
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- IntroducedNov 18, 2003
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
Condemns past and ongoing violations of human rights by all sides in the Indonesian province of Aceh.
Calls on the Government and armed forces of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) to declare a ceasefire and return to negotiations.
Calls for an end to martial law and human rights violations.
Calls for immediate access by international humanitarian and human rights organizations and journalists.
Calls for the public release of any surveillance files on Jafar Siddiq Hamzah.
Calls on the Government of Malaysia to refrain from the forcible return of Acehnese asylum seekers to Indonesia, allowing them full access to representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Calls on the President and Secretary of State to: (1) press both sides to the conflict to suspend hostilities, return to negotiations, and cease all human rights violations; (2) increase efforts to assist in the rehabilitation and economic development of Aceh; (3) protest human rights violations and encourage their investigation, including pressing the Government of Indonesia to identify those individuals within the Indonesian armed forces, police, and others who should be prosecuted for human rights crimes; (4) review its bilateral relationship and military assistance to Indonesia; and (5) urge the Indonesian Government and armed forces to refrain from using U.S.-supplied weaponry in Aceh.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 18, 2003 to Mar 1, 2004; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Original | Nov 18, 2003 |
| D-IL | Lane Evans | Original | Nov 18, 2003 |
| R-PA | Phil English | Original | Nov 18, 2003 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Nov 21, 2003 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Nov 21, 2003 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Nov 21, 2003 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Nov 21, 2003 | |
| R-CO | Thomas G. Tancredo | Nov 21, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Dec 8, 2003 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Feb 3, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Feb 3, 2004 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Feb 3, 2004 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Feb 3, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Feb 11, 2004 | |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | Feb 11, 2004 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Nov 18, 2003 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 18, 2003Introduced in House
- Nov 18, 2003Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Calling on the Government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement to immediately declare a ceasefire and halt hostilities in the Indonesian province of Aceh, end all human rights violations, and return to negotiations with significant Acehnese civil society and international involvement, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Armistices
- Arms sales
- Assassination
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal investigation
- Criminal justice information
- Detention of persons
- Development credit institutions
- Due process of law
- East Asia
- Economic assistance
- Economic development
- Economics and Public Finance
- Europe
- European Union
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Freedom of the press
- Government Operations and Politics
- Human rights
- Immigration
- Indonesia
- Insurgency
- Intelligence officers
- International Affairs
- Japan
- Kidnapping
- Law
- Lawyers
- Malaysia
- Martial law
- Military and naval offenses
- Military assistance
- Military personnel
- Military withdrawal
- Murder
- Nongovernmental organizations
- Paramilitary forces
- Peace negotiations
- Police
- Police brutality
- Political violence
- Prosecution
- Refugees
- Repatriation
- Right of asylum
- Special forces (Military science)
- Torture
- United Nations
- War crimes
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 18, 2003Introduced in House
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