1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Brunei Human Rights Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) On May 1, 2014, the Sultan of Brunei announced that a revised penal code would take effect in three phases. (2) The penal code mandates the death penalty for numerous offenses, among them adultery, consensual same-sex relations, blasphemy, and robbery. (3) The penal code also mandates flogging for women who have abortions, and amputation for theft. (4) The penal code further criminalizes exposing Muslim children to the beliefs and practices of any religion other than Islam. (5) The revised penal code represents an assault on the rights of the LGBTI community, women, children, and religious minorities, as well as on the people of Brunei as a whole. (6) According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the penal code introduced stoning to death as the specific method of execution for adultery, consensual same-sex relations, and extramarital sexual relations. (7) On April 11, 2014, the spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said that Under international law, stoning people to death constitutes torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and is thus clearly prohibited. and noted that— (A) A number of UN studies have also revealed that women are more likely to be sentenced to death by stoning, due to deeply entrenched discrimination and stereotyping against them, including among law enforcement and judicial officers.