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Tibet in the 59th UN Human Rights Council: the Dalai Lama’s succession, religious freedom and hydropower
The International Campaign for Tibet on behalf of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, actively participated in the 59th session...
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Experts at UN Human Rights Council: Tibetan Rights, Religion and Culture Threatened Amid China’s Interference in Dalai Lama Succession
At a high-level side event during the 59th session of the UN Human Rights Council on 27 June, international experts...
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Claiming space for Tibet at the United Nations Human Rights Council – ICT welcomes states raising Tibet at General Debate
During the 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Tibetan rights advocates vocally raised the systematic rights violations...
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UN High Commissioner raises human rights situation in Tibet
ICT echoes criticism by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, regarding the human rights situation in Tibet....
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UN human rights experts demand information from China about ‘disappeared’ Tibetans
The International Campaign for Tibet welcomes a statement by several UN human rights experts, whose comments included a discussion of...
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UN Forum: ICT highlights erasure of Tibetan identity through the PRC’s educational policies
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Tibetan rights advocates on school closures in Tibet at UN Human Rights Council
Tibetans and Tibet supporters took the stage at a United Nations Human Rights Council side event in Geneva yesterday, testifying...
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UN human rights experts deeply concerned over repression of dam protests and Chinese hydropower policies in Tibet
A powerful letter published today by 13 independent UN Human Rights Special Procedures expressed “deep concern” regarding the Chinese government...
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As UPR concludes, UN Human Rights Council voices clear criticism of China’s abuses in Tibet
The United Nations Human Rights Council has once again issued substantive criticism of Beijing’s systematic human rights violations against Tibetans,...
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Twofold increase in states raising Tibet at UN China review
An unprecedented number of UN member states raised China’s oppression in Tibet during the Chinese government’s Universal Periodic Review at...
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UN China review: International community must clearly address Tibet
One day before the UN Human Rights Council’s review of China, the International Campaign for Tibet urgently appeals to the...
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UN must include strong language on Tibet in China review
As the United Nations prepares to take up China’s report at the upcoming Universal Periodic Review at the end of...
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ICT urges China to stop discriminating and disempowering Tibetans at UN Forum
The International Campaign for Tibet delivered a statement at the 16th UN Forum on Minority Issues that took place on...
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ICT Urges UN Members to Vote Against China’s Candidacy for Human Rights Council
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UN Human Rights Council told: ‘End repression in Tibet; reject China’s membership bid’
The International Campaign for Tibet once again drew attention to the alarming human rights deterioration in Tibet during the General...
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ICT calls for information on disappeared Tibetans at UN Human Rights Council
At the 54th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) has once...
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CCP Tibet policies demand action, groups say in report to UN Human Rights Council
Ahead of the upcoming Universal Periodic Review of China in the UN Human Rights Council, the International Campaign for Tibet...
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Tibet raised at UN Human Rights Council’s 53rd session
At the 53rd session of the UN Human Rights Council currently underway in Geneva, the International Campaign for Tibet along...
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UN experts warn of forced labor and threats to Tibetan culture
The International Campaign for Tibet welcomes the statement released today, 27 April 2023, by six independent UN Special Rapporteurs on...
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UN Human Rights Council: ICT calls for end to boarding schools, Tibetan mass resettlement
At the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council currently underway in Geneva, the International Campaign for Tibet has...
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Torture, repression of Tibetan environmental defenders raised at UN human rights session
At the ongoing 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the International Campaign for Tibet delivered two...
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UN rights body calls for end to boarding schools and relocations in Tibet
The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today issued the “Concluding Observations” on its third periodic review of...
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UN Economic, Social and Cultural Rights committee addresses China’s assimilation of Tibetans
The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights reviewed China’s implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and...
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Ahead of important UN review, ICT calls for end to forced relocations, coercive policies in Tibet
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UN warning about Tibetan children shows need to resolve conflict
UN experts’ warning about China’s efforts to forcibly assimilate the “vast majority” of Tibetan children by separating them from their...
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ICT denounces Tibet arbitrary arrests, calls for independent investigation
At the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today, the International Campaign for Tibet reaffirmed its...
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Tibet labor transfer programs discussed at UN Human Rights Council
Today at the 51st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Palmo Tenzin, on behalf of the Helsinki Foundation...
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UN experts’ call for special session on China human rights must include Tibet
The special session or mechanism that 45 UN experts called for today to monitor and report on human rights in...
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ICT welcomes UN report on China’s human rights violations in Xinjiang
The International Campaign for Tibet welcomes the much-delayed report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the human...
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In the spotlight again: China and Tibet at UN Human Rights Council
At the 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council currently underway, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle...
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UN Human Rights chief’s visit is China’s political victory
The International Campaign for Tibet is deeply disappointed at the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s visit to...
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ICT calls on UN high commissioner: “Raise Tibet loud and clear”
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet should raise Tibet loud and clear, and she should condemn systematic...
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Mounting concerns over UN High Commissioner visit to China
The International Campaign for Tibet is deeply worried about the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ upcoming visit to China,...
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NGOs demand transparency and clear criteria ahead of UN High Commissioner’s visit to China
Ahead of a planned visit of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to China, 60 international non-governmental...
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Tibet at the 49th Session of the UN Human Rights Council: round-up
At the ongoing 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the International Campaign for Tibet’s UN advocacy team have,...
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UN human rights commissioner urged to speak up on Tibet—Chinese delegation intervenes
The Chinese government’s attempts to interfere this week at the UN Human Rights Council when an activist called for access...
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ICT statement at 14th UN Forum on Minority Issues
The International Campaign for Tibet on 2 December 2021 delivered a statement at the 14th Session of the UN Forum...
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Chinese response to UN experts on detained Tibetans confirms allegations
A Chinese government response to an allegation letter by four UN experts and expert bodies regarding the cases of two...
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Human Rights Council urged to address the worsening human rights situation in Tibet
At the 48th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today, Mélanie Blondelle delivered a statement on...
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UN Human Rights Council: Detention, disappearance and development in Tibet raised
At the ongoing 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Kai Mueller raised cases of arbitrary detention...
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UN experts raise cases of detained and “disappeared” Tibetans
Four independent UN human rights experts and bodies have raised the cases of the detained Tibetans Rinchen Tsultrim and Go...
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ICT statement at UN Asia-Pacific Forum on Minority Issues
The International Campaign for Tibet today delivered a statement at the 3rd UN Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on Minority Issues, calling...
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Beijing Olympics concerns raised at UN Human Rights Council
At the ongoing session of the UN Human Rights Council today, Vincent Metten delivered a statement on behalf of the...
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UN Human Rights Council urged to respect Tibetans’ cultural rights in education
At the ongoing 47th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today, Melanie Blondelle delivered a statement on...
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UN Human Rights Council urged to ask China to allow an investigation into the coercive labor program in Tibet by independent human rights experts
Today at the 46th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Kai Mueller delivered a statement on...
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UN Human Rights Council urged to hold China accountable for the pattern of deaths of Tibetans after torture and mistreatment in detention
Today at the 46th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, ICT delivered a statement on behalf...
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Chinese response to UN experts on Panchen Lama is absurd historical falsehood
In a response made public recently by the United Nations, the Chinese government has bluntly refuted concerns by five United...
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China elected to UN Human Rights Council but suffers another setback as criticism grows
The People’s Republic of China has been re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council at the UN General Assembly...
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ICT joins global call for international human rights monitoring mechanisms on China
In an open letter published today, 321 civil society groups from over 60 countries around the world, including the International...
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UN experts write to China on Panchen Lama, reincarnation rules
Five UN human rights experts and expert bodies have raised concerns with the Chinese government about Tibet’s “disappeared” Panchen Lama...
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ICT welcomes unprecedented joint statement by UN experts on China
The International Campaign for Tibet strongly welcomes today’s unprecedented statement by more than 50 UN independent experts on China, calling...
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UN human rights experts ask China to lift charges against Tibetan anti-corruption activist Anya Sengdra
Four UN human rights experts and the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention have urged the Chinese government to drop...
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Blow for global human rights system – China appointed to important UN human rights panel
The International Campaign for Tibet is concerned about the recent appointment of Chinese minister Jiang Duan to the Consultative Group...
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UN human rights chief visit to China must include Tibet: ICT
The International Campaign for Tibet welcomes the recently announced visit to China this year by UN High Commissioner for Human...
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UN asked to focus on disappeared Tibetans, in particular the 11th Panchen Lama
On 11 September 2019, ICT's Kai Müller delivered a statement at the ongoing UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva,...
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UN Special Rapporteurs ask China for information about nine Tibetans imprisoned for celebrating Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday
Five UN Special Rapporteurs have written to the Chinese government requesting information about a group of Tibetans arrested for celebrating...
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Rights groups raise China’s systematic human rights violations in Tibet at UN Human Rights Council
China’s ongoing, systematic human rights violations in Tibet have again been raised at the current session of the UN Human...
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China’s response to UN rights review blatantly ignores its persecution of Tibetans
China’s response to a United Nations review of the country’s human rights record represents a blatant denial of the human...
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UN Human Rights Council urged to pass resolution on China’s human rights violations
The International Campaign for Tibet is among several NGOS that sent a letter to the UN Human Rights Council urging...
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China’s false denials at UN human rights council must be challenged, ICT says
The Chinese government aggressively denied its human rights violations during today’s Universal Periodic Review of its record at the United...
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As China faces critical UN review, its appalling human rights record must not become the new normal
As the Chinese government is scrutinized at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva this week, the international community...
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UN experts urge China to prevent discrimination against Tibetans, Uyghurs and other ethnic groups
United Nations experts on racial discrimination today urged the Chinese government to review policies and laws that discriminate against Tibetans,...
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Denials, smokescreens and misleading information: Chinese government attempts to distort its record on Tibet at UN committee hearing on 13 August 2018
On 13 August at the United Nations Committee to Eliminate Racial Discrimination, the Chinese government flatly denied its human rights...
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UN committee should pressure China to end discrimination against Tibetans, International Campaign for Tibet says in new report
The United Nations committee that fights racism should press China to abolish laws and policies that discriminate against Tibetans, the...
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International Campaign for Tibet’s oral statement at the UN CERD 96th session in Geneva on 7 August 2018
On 7 August 2018, ICT Germany's Executive Director Kai Müller delivered a statement at the UN Committee to Eliminate Racial...
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China: Dramatic deterioration of human rights situation in Tibet detailed in report for UN review
In a joint report submitted ahead of the third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of China, FIDH and the International Campaign...
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ICT Welcomes UN experts call for immediate release of Tibetan language advocate Tashi Wangchuk
On February 21, 2018, six UN human rights experts have called for the immediate release of Tibetan language advocate Tashi...
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UN human rights expert on poverty criticizes policies on “ethnic minorities”, and government obstruction to meaningful access to civil society in China
A United Nations human rights expert on poverty has criticized the Chinese government for exposing “ethnic minorities in China” to...
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Tibet once again in the spotlight at United Nations in Geneva
The 33rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva once again saw Tibet and China in the...
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Tibet Solidarity Rally – 16 September 2016 – Geneva
The Tibetan community in Switzerland and Liechtenstein and the International Campaign for Tibet have the pleasure to invite you to...
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ICT Highlights China’s Repressive Policies and “Security Architecture” in Tibet at UN Human Rights Council Session
At the ongoing session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva (32nd Session), ICT once again highlighted issues...
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Unprecedented diplomatic action in Geneva on China’s human rights record
The international community has sent a strong message to China with unprecedented diplomatic action in recent weeks including the first...
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Historic joint statement at the UN Human Rights Council condemns China’s human rights record
The United States and 11 other countries including 7 EU Member States have issued an historic joint statement condemning China’s...
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U.N. Committee against Torture calls China to account for ‘deeply entrenched’ torture and ill-treatment
The U.N. Committee against Torture has condemned China’s record of maltreatment in an unusually long and detailed report that raises...
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UN Urged to Ensure Freedom of Expression and Opinion in Tibet
On 18 June 2015, the International Campaign for Tibet issued a statement on freedom of expression in Tibet at the...
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UN Human Rights Council Side Event “Lockdown in Tibet”
On behalf of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) is organising a side event...
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ICT highlights Enforced Disappearances in Tibet at the 27th Human Rights Council Session
The latest session of the U.N. Human Rights Council opened in Geneva on September 8. The International Campaign for Tibet...
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ICT urges UN Committee to focus on Tibetans’ deteriorating economic, social and cultural rights
The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) urged the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to review China’s policies...
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China fails to shut down scrutiny of its violations as UN Council adopts China rights report
On March 20, 2014 the UN Human Rights Council adopted China's Universal Periodic Review Working Group report amid Chinese attempts...
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China rejects most UPR recommendations on Tibet but agrees to High Commissioner’s visit to Tibet
China has responded to the United Nations review of its human rights record by rejecting most of the recommendations made...
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ICT meets with the UN High Commissioner’s Office
In Geneva today (February 27), Kai Müller, Executive Director, International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) Germany met with the High Commissioner's...
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China on the defensive as 11 countries challenge its policies in Tibet
Eleven countries spoke up to urge China to improve the human rights of Tibetans at the UN Human Rights Council...
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ICT highlights Tibet’s lack of civil society on the eve of China’s rights review in Geneva
The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) held a joint side event with the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and...
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UN Rights Commissioner makes strong first statement on Tibet
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Europe, US, Canada raise Tibet at UN Human Rights Council; call on China to grant rights and access to outside observers
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Governments confront China at UN Human Rights Council
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UN Human Rights Council publishes written statement on discrimination in Tibet
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Human Rights in China: Report to UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
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UN human rights chief admits ‘systematic violations’ in Tibet
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UN Committee against Torture finds “deepened climate of fear” in Tibet
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ICT delivers UN statement on illegal killings by security forces in Tibet
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UN Secretary-General urges China for restraint in Tibet
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Report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
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