"The bill empowers the U.S. government to identify and sanction foreign individuals responsible for human rights abuses targeting LGBTQ+ people, restrict their access to the United States, and publicly disclose their actions. It also strengthens State Department reporting on global LGBTQ+ conditions and mandates deeper coordination with civil society organizations that monitor persecution. The legislation's text outlines a clear structure for biannual reporting, visa bans, and targeted sanctions directed at perpetrators of torture, arbitrary detention, beatings, disappearances, and other attacks."
""Freedom and dignity should never depend on your zip code or who holds power in your country," McBride said in a press release. "Yet nearly one-third of nations still criminalize LGBTQI+ people, and far too many look away from the violence that follows. The Global Respect Act reaffirms a simple truth: no one should be targeted for who they are or whom they love." According to the bill, roughly a third of the world's countries still criminalize same-sex relations, including a dozen where such laws can carry the death penalty."
The Global Respect Act empowers the U.S. government to identify and sanction foreign individuals who torture, imprison, or commit violence against LGBTQ+ people and to restrict their access to the United States. The measure mandates public disclosure of perpetrators' actions, strengthens State Department reporting on global LGBTQ+ conditions, and requires deeper coordination with civil society organizations that monitor persecution. The legislation establishes biannual reporting, visa bans, and targeted sanctions for perpetrators of torture, arbitrary detention, beatings, disappearances, and other attacks. The bill notes that roughly one-third of countries still criminalize same-sex relations, including some with death penalties.
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