‘None of them take orders from anywhere else than Beijing’: analysing China’s efforts to influence the UN human rights treaty body system

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January 25, 2023

In parallel, ISHR hosted a panel discussion on the topic with former member of the UN Committee against Torture (CAT) Felice Gaer, William Nee of the Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Peter Irwin from the Uyghur Human Rights Project, and ISHR’s Director of Treaty Body advocacy, Vincent Ploton. ISHR Programme Director Sarah Brooks moderated the discussions.

‘The UN system is far from perfect. It is tilted towards major powers. Though UN treaty bodies are not a silver bullet, they are an entry point to raise issues to the international community, they serve to depoliticise issues and they are a platform for defenders to present their stories,’ said Peter Irwin.

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