New Arms Export Rules: Enhanced Oversight and Human Rights Accountability.
This act introduces stricter rules for selling weapons to other countries, making respect for human rights and the law of war key criteria. This means countries violating these principles may lose access to U.S. arms, aiming to increase global security and accountability. A new Oversight Board will also be established to monitor these issues.
Key points
Countries violating human rights or the law of war may be designated as "countries of concern" and become ineligible to purchase U.S. arms for 10 years.
Mandatory monitoring and verification of how countries use acquired defense articles, including on-site observation and real-time data collection, are introduced.
An independent Human Rights and Law of War Oversight Board is established to assess recipient countries' adherence to these principles and advise on arms sales.
All future arms sale agreements will require the recipient country to agree to full cooperation in investigations of potential violations.
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are initially designated as "countries of concern" based on the use of specific defense articles.
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