; and (B) The criminalization and application of the death penalty for consensual relations between adults in private also violates a whole host of rights, including the rights to privacy, to equality before the law, the right to health and freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention. The provisions of the revised penal code may encourage further violence and discrimination against women and also against people on the basis of sexual orientation. . (8) The first phase of the new penal code went into effect in 2014, but the final two phases were not enacted between 2014 and 2019 as a result of pressure from international and domestic human rights organizations. (9) In December 2018, the Government of Brunei confirmed that the final rollout of the second and third phases of the penal code, including the provisions of capital punishment by stoning, would be fully implemented beginning April 3, 2019. (10) On April 1, 2019, a statement from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights noted that the revised penal code would enshrine in legislation cruel and inhuman punishments that seriously breach international human rights law and stated that Human rights and faith are not opposing forces – indeed, it is human interpretation that creates tensions. It is vital that the Government, religious authorities and a wide range of civil society actors work jointly to uphold human dignity and equality for all. . (11) Several other countries have provisions in their penal code similar to those described in this section with respect to Brunei, which also represent instances of grave abuses of human rights when enforced. 3. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the implementation of Brunei’s draconian new penal code should be condemned in the strongest possible terms; (2) the United States should reaffirm its commitment to the full enjoyment of human rights by all people