; and (2) provides options for holding accountable the perpetrators identified under paragraph (1). 205. Upholding the Organization of American States Inter-American Democratic Charter (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) Article 1 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, which was adopted by the Organization of American States in Lima on September 11, 2001, states: The peoples of the Americas have a right to democracy and their governments have an obligation to promote and defend it. . (2) Article 19 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter states an unconstitutional interruption of the democratic order or an unconstitutional alteration of the constitutional regime that seriously impairs the democratic order in a member state, constitutes, while it persists, an insurmountable obstacle to its government’s participation in sessions of the General Assembly … and other bodies of the Organization. . (3) Article 20 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter states the following: (A) In the event of an unconstitutional alteration of the constitutional regime that seriously impairs the democratic order in a member state, any member state or the Secretary General may request the immediate convocation of the Permanent Council to undertake a collective assessment of the situation and to take such decisions as it deems appropriate. . (B) The Permanent Council, depending on the situation, may undertake the necessary diplomatic initiatives, including good offices, to foster the restoration of democracy. . (4) Article 21 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter states When the special session of the General Assembly determines that there has been an unconstitutional interruption of the democratic order of a member state, and that diplomatic initiatives have failed, the special session shall take the decision to suspend said member state. . (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and the Supreme Tribunal of Justice of Venezuela have carried out systematic