(TibetanReview.net, Jul01’23) – The human rights situation in Chinese ruled Tibet was mentioned or referred to in several statements by member-countries at the ongoing UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, said the Central Tibetan Administration on its Tibet.net website Jun 20. It said specific mentions were made by countries that included Australia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
Welcoming the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ recent proposal to establish his office’s presence in China, the Czech Republic has urged Beijing to “uphold” its international obligations and protect the universal human rights of all individuals, including by ending the ongoing serious and systematic human rights violations in Tibet.
The United Kingdom has urged China to uphold its international obligations and protect the universal human rights of all individuals, including by ending the ongoing serious and systematic human rights violations in Tibet.
Besides, Switzerland, Sweden and Germany have expressed “deep concern” over the human rights situation in Tibet and raised a series of issues including the persecution of human rights defenders.
Australia has echoed the recent findings of the UN Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) on violations of human rights by China and raised concern over the mistreatment of Tibetan women in Tibet.
And the United States has delivered a joint statement on behalf of 65 UN member states that drew attention to deplorable human rights violations committed by China “against persons belonging to religious, linguistic, national, and ethnic minorities, often with the stated aim of mitigating a perceived security threat”.
The joint statement was stated to have raised a series of rights violations, including laws and policies specifically restricting and suppressing practices that are part of the identity and cultural life of persons belonging to minorities. It was stated to have referred to the destruction of cultural heritage sites, cemeteries and places of worship; suppression of languages; forcible assimilation of children through the education system; placing of severe restrictions on movement; and restriction of access to livelihoods, education, and healthcare.