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ICT echoes criticism by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, regarding the human rights situation in Tibet. In his Global Update before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today, Türk expressed that he is “concerned about the impact of education policy and the restriction of freedom of expression and religion in the Tibet Autonomous Region.”
The International Campaign for Tibet welcomes a statement by several UN human rights experts, whose comments included a discussion of the cases of nine missing Tibetans.
In a statement delivered at the 17th UN Forum on Minority Issues in Geneva, the International Campaign for Tibet expressed its deep concern over the Chinese government’s systematic erasure of the Tibetan people’s identity through its education policies. The two-day Forum, held on 28-29 November 2024, focused this year on the topic of “Minority representation […]
Tibetans and Tibet supporters took the stage at a United Nations Human Rights Council side event in Geneva yesterday, testifying about China’s suppression of the Tibetan language and the recent school closures in Tibet.
A powerful letter published today by 13 independent UN Human Rights Special Procedures expressed “deep concern” regarding the Chinese government plans to build the Kamtok dam in the Tibetan region of Derge.
The United Nations Human Rights Council has once again issued substantive criticism of Beijing’s systematic human rights violations against Tibetans, Uyghurs, Hong Kongers and Chinese. This evaluation of China’s human rights record came during China’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR), which takes place every four and a half years and whose final report was adopted by the UN Human Rights Council today.
An unprecedented number of UN member states raised China’s oppression in Tibet during the Chinese government’s Universal Periodic Review at the UN Human Rights Council today in Geneva.
One day before the UN Human Rights Council’s review of China, the International Campaign for Tibet urgently appeals to the international community to address the Communist Party’s repressive policies in Tibet.
As the United Nations prepares to take up China’s report at the upcoming Universal Periodic Review at the end of January, the accelerating deterioration in Tibet demands that UN member states scrutinize China and that the UN adopts strong language on Tibet in its concluding report.
The International Campaign for Tibet delivered a statement at the 16th UN Forum on Minority Issues that took place on 30 November and 1 December in Geneva, exposing the discriminatory and disempowering policies Tibetans suffer under Chinese rule.