Leahy Law

law & sanctions. Also Leahy laws, Leahy vetting

Two US statutory provisions, one governing State Department and one Defense Department funds, named after Senator Patrick Leahy, that prohibit assistance to a unit of a foreign security force where there is credible information implicating that unit in a gross violation of human rights. The US government treats torture, extrajudicial killing, enforced disappearance and rape under color of law as such violations, and vets recipient units before providing assistance.^1,2

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Sources

Leahy Law Fact Sheet. US Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 2025-01. Official
Leahy Law Fact Sheet (2017–2021 archive). US Department of State. Official