Upholding the Inter-American Democratic Charter Act of 2022 This bill requires the Department of State to develop and implement a strategy to uphold and strengthen the Inter-American Democratic Charter, which states that the peoples of the Americas have a right to democracy and their governments have an obligation to promote and defend it. The charter was adopted in 2001 by the member states of the Organization of American States (OAS), which includes all 35 independent countries of the Western Hemisphere. The strategy must include plans to (1) strengthen the integrity of electoral processes in the Americas; (2) counter the spread and amplification of disinformation and misinformation in the Americas; and (3) address threats to democratic governance posed by corruption, criminality, and the malign activities of nondemocratic and non-OAS countries such as China and Russia.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
International Affairs
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Upholding the Inter-American Democratic Charter Act of 2022
USA117th CongressS-4285| Senate
| Updated: 5/19/2022
Upholding the Inter-American Democratic Charter Act of 2022 This bill requires the Department of State to develop and implement a strategy to uphold and strengthen the Inter-American Democratic Charter, which states that the peoples of the Americas have a right to democracy and their governments have an obligation to promote and defend it. The charter was adopted in 2001 by the member states of the Organization of American States (OAS), which includes all 35 independent countries of the Western Hemisphere. The strategy must include plans to (1) strengthen the integrity of electoral processes in the Americas; (2) counter the spread and amplification of disinformation and misinformation in the Americas; and (3) address threats to democratic governance posed by corruption, criminality, and the malign activities of nondemocratic and non-OAS countries such as China and Russia.
AsiaCaribbean areaChinaCommemorative events and holidaysComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightCubaCustoms enforcementDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadElections, voting, political campaign regulationEuropeGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment information and archivesHuman rightsInternational organizations and cooperationInternet, web applications, social mediaIranLatin AmericaMiddle EastNews media and reportingRight of privacyRussiaSovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusTax administration and collection, taxpayersVenezuela