; Whereas the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany has called on the Government of the Russian Federation to open an investigation into Mr. Navalny’s case; Whereas the Russian Federation is a state party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR); Whereas Article 6 of the ICCPR states that Every human being has the inherent right to life and No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life ; Whereas Article 9 of the ICCPR states that Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person. ; Whereas the Russian Federation is a member of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE); Whereas respect for human rights is key to the OSCE’s comprehensive approach to security and therefore the OSCE monitors the human rights situation in its 57 participating states; Whereas Congress passed the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 (title IV of Public Law 112–208 ) and the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114–328 ) in 2016 which provide the United States Government with authorities to respond to grave violations of human rights and corruption in Russia; and Whereas in response to a previous Novichok attack against a United Kingdom national and his daughter in 2018, the United States Government imposed two rounds of sanctions on Russia pursuant to the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 ( Public Law 102–182 ; 22 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.): Now, therefore, be it