Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative supports criminal complaint against Chinese government for Uyghur genocide

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February 21, 2023 | Notre Dame Law School | By Anna Bradley

The Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative filed an amicus brief in support of the criminal complaint filed by The World Uyghur Congress and The Uyghur Human Rights Project against China for genocide and crimes against humanity, invoking Argentina’s universal jurisdiction over those crimes as set out in the Argentinian Constitution.

In addition to Alton, Brownback, and Currie, the amicus brief was filed on behalf of Nury Turkel, a Uyghur American lawyer and human rights advocate and co-founder & board chair of the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) currently serving as the Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and Frank Wolf, author of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, which created the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, and currently a Commissioner for USCIRF.

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