HI SR136

Hawaii Senate Resolution urges the U.S. Department of State to restore the previous format, organization, and substantive completeness of the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.

On April 18, 2025, NPR reported that the State Department revised these reports to remove or reduce coverage of prison conditions, corruption, freedom of movement, peaceful assembly, political processes, privacy, internet freedom, harassment of human rights organizations, gender-based violence, and due process concerns.

The resolution condemns the federal government's revisions as diminishing abuse reporting, undermining credibility and transparency, and representing a retreat from democratic governance principles.

Certified copies are to be transmitted to the President, Vice President, Secretary of State, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair, House Speaker, and Hawaii's congressional delegation.