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Executive Order 13107
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(b) The designee of the Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs shall chair the Interagency Working Group, which shall consist of
appropriate policy and legal representatives at the Assistant Secretary level
from the Department of State, the Department of Justice, the Department
of Labor, the Department of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other
agencies as the chair deems appropriate. The principal members may des-
ignate alternates to attend meetings in their stead.
(c) The principal functions of the Interagency Working Group shall include:
(i) coordinating the interagency review of any significant issues concerning
the implementation of this order and analysis and recommendations in
connection with pursuing the ratification of human rights treaties, as such
questions may from time to time arise;
(ii) coordinating the preparation of reports that are to be submitted by
the United States in fulfillment of treaty obligations;
(iii) coordinating the responses of the United States Government to com-
plaints against it concerning alleged human rights violations submitted to
the United Nations, the Organization of American States, and other inter-
national organizations;
(iv) developing effective mechanisms to ensure that legislation proposed
by the Administration is reviewed for conformity with international human
rights obligations and that these obligations are taken into account in review-
ing legislation under consideration by the Congress as well;
(v) developing recommended proposals and mechanisms for improving
the monitoring of the actions by the various States, Commonwealths, and
territories of the United States and, where appropriate, of Native Americans
and Federally recognized Indian tribes, including the review of State, Com-
monwealth, and territorial laws for their conformity with relevant treaties,
the provision of relevant information for reports and other monitoring pur-
poses, and the promotion of effective remedial mechanisms;
(vi) developing plans for public outreach and education concerning the
provisions of the ICCPR, CAT, CERD, and other relevant treaties, and human
rights-related provisions of domestic law;
(vii) coordinating and directing an annual review of United States reserva-
tions, declarations, and understandings to human rights treaties, and matters
as to which there have been nontrivial complaints or allegations of inconsist-
ency with or breach of international human rights obligations, in order
to determine whether there should be consideration of any modification
of relevant reservations, declarations, and understandings to human rights
treaties, or United States practices or laws. The results and recommendations
of this review shall be reviewed by the head of each participating agency;
(viii) making such other recommendations as it shall deem appropriate
to the President, through the Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs, concerning United States adherence to or implementation of human
rights treaties and related matters; and
(ix) coordinating such other significant tasks in connection with human
rights treaties or international human rights institutions, including the Inter-
American Commission on Human Rights and the Special Rapporteurs and
complaints procedures established by the United Nations Human Rights
Commission.
(d) The work of the Interagency Working Group shall not supplant the
work of other interagency entities, including the President’s Committee on
the International Labor Organization, that address international human rights
issues.
Sec. 5. Cooperation Among Executive Departments and Agencies. All agencies
shall cooperate in carrying out the provisions of this order. The Interagency
Working Group shall facilitate such cooperative measures.
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December 10, 1998.
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