Call for debate on rights violations in Xinjiang rejected by UN Human Rights Council

October 6, 2022

“Member states that voted down the action have “blatantly disregarded previously-accepted principles of objectivity, dialogue, impartiality, non-discrimination and non-selectivity within the Human Rights Council,” said Omer Kanat, executive director of the Uyghur Human Rights Project based in Washington, D.C.

“This failure on the part of Council members does not preclude action by other U.N. agencies, the global business community, and governments, nor does it cast doubt on the findings from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), which found that abuses faced by Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples ‘may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity,’” he said in a statement.

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