2014 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse (Sections 1 - 9141)
Chapter 94 - Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights (Sections 8701 - 8795)
Subchapter IV - Measures to Promote Human Rights (Sections 8751 - 8755)
Sec. 8755 - Statement of policy on political prisoners
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 94 - IRAN THREAT REDUCTION AND SYRIA HUMAN RIGHTS SUBCHAPTER IV - MEASURES TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS Sec. 8755 - Statement of policy on political prisoners |
Contains | section 8755 |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 112-158, title IV, §415, Aug. 10, 2012, 126 Stat. 1257. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 126 Stat. 1257 |
Public and Private Law | Public Law 112-158 |
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It shall be the policy of the United States—
(1) to support efforts to research and identify prisoners of conscience and cases of human rights abuses in Iran;
(2) to offer refugee status or political asylum in the United States to political dissidents in Iran if requested and consistent with the laws and national security interests of the United States;
(3) to offer to assist, through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, with the relocation of such political prisoners to other countries if requested, as appropriate and with appropriate consideration for the national security interests of the United States; and
(4) to publicly call for the release of Iranian dissidents by name and raise awareness with respect to individual cases of Iranian dissidents and prisoners of conscience, as appropriate and if requested by the dissidents or prisoners themselves or their families.
(Pub. L. 112–158, title IV, §415, Aug. 10, 2012, 126 Stat. 1257.)
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