{"id":12011,"date":"2016-03-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/unprecedented-diplomatic-action-in-geneva-on-chinas-human-rights-record\/"},"modified":"2016-03-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T23:00:00","slug":"unprecedented-diplomatic-action-in-geneva-on-chinas-human-rights-record","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/unprecedented-diplomatic-action-in-geneva-on-chinas-human-rights-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Unprecedented diplomatic action in Geneva on China\u2019s human rights record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_18618\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18618\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18618 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Amb-Harper-reading-joint-statement-Mar-10-2016-600x326.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Amb-Harper-reading-joint-statement-Mar-10-2016-300x163.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Amb-Harper-reading-joint-statement-Mar-10-2016-768x417.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Amb-Harper-reading-joint-statement-Mar-10-2016-600x326.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Amb-Harper-reading-joint-statement-Mar-10-2016.jpg 797w\" alt=\"Ambassador Keith Harper\" width=\"600\" height=\"326\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Ambassador Keith Harper delivering a joint statement on behalf of twelve countries on the human rights situation in China. Image: screenshot UN webcast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\n\nThe international community has sent a strong message to China with unprecedented diplomatic action in recent weeks including the first collective statement at the U.N. Human Rights Council, a rare joint statement drawing attention to human rights abuses and a high-profile appearance by the Dalai Lama at an event with human rights defenders in Geneva last week moderated by the Deputy U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_18619\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18619\" style=\"width: 195px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18619\" src=\"http:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160311_101845-300x300.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160311_101845-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160311_101845-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160311_101845-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160311_101845-600x600.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160311_101845-120x120.jpg 120w\" alt=\"Dalai Lama speaking\" width=\"195\" height=\"195\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diplomats were among a packed audience listening to the Dalai Lama speaking about human rights and civil society on Friday (March 11). (Photo: ICT)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\nDiplomats were among a packed audience listening to the Dalai Lama speaking about human rights and civil society on Friday (March 11). China\u2019s mission in Geneva had urged them to stay away from the event billed as a side event to the ongoing U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, and co-sponsored by the United States and Canada. The discussion, built around a gathering of Nobel Peace Prize laureates, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QPydDiDE9Rw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">can be viewed here<\/a>.A day before, on March 10, a group of countries \u2013 Australia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the UK, and the USA \u2013 expressed concerns about human rights in China, in the first such collective statement in the history of the Human Rights Council (<a href=\"https:\/\/geneva.usmission.gov\/2016\/03\/10\/item-2-joint-statement-human-rights-situation-in-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/geneva.usmission.gov\/2016\/03\/10\/item-2-joint-statement-human-rights-situation-in-china\/<\/a>). The statement focused on the arrests of lawyers and activists in recent months, and \u201cunexplained recent disappearances and apparent coerced returns\u201d of Chinese citizens and foreigners to China.\n\nU.S. Ambassador Keith Harper read the statement after UN human rights chief Zeid Ra\u2019ad Al Hussein gave his main annual speech to the council on the global rights situation, in which he specifically mentioned the situation in Tibet, saying: \u201cIn recent weeks, I have made known my concerns over China\u2019s arrests of lawyers and other activists. In the past I have also raised concerns about human rights in the Autonomous Regions of Tibet and Xinjiang, and these concerns remain. My mandate is to speak to such issues, and I believe there must be greater space for critical reflection and dialogue.\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/news\/story.asp?NewsID=53242#.VuL6YebcLEQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/news\/story.asp?NewsID=53242#.VuL6YebcLEQ<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/webtv.un.org\/watch\/id-contd-annual-report-28th-meeting-31st-regular-session-human-rights-council\/4796743029001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/webtv.un.org\/watch\/id-contd-annual-report-28th-meeting-31st-regular-session-human-rights-council\/4796743029001<\/a>).\n\nIn a further statement to the Council on March 15, the E.U. also raised concern about human rights abuses in China, specifically referring to Tibet and Xinjiang.\n\nKai Mueller, Executive-Director of ICT Germany and ICT\u2019s U.N. Coordinator said: \u201cThis unprecedented diplomatic action sends a strong signal to China that it has crossed a red line and there is serious concern among like-minded countries. It also conveys a message of support to human rights defenders in China and Tibet for their courageous actions.\u201d\n\nThe statements in Geneva followed a rare joint action by the United States, Canada, Germany, Japan and the European Union, who wrote to China to express concern over the recently passed law on counter-terrorism, the draft cyber security law, and the draft law on management of foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs).<span style=\"color: #a81111;\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/span>\n\nChina reacted angrily to the criticism of its human rights record at the Human Rights Council on Thursday, accusing the United States of hypocrisy and crimes including the rape and murder of civilians.\n\nThe Chinese authorities also lodged strong objections to the Dalai Lama\u2019s appearance in Geneva at the Graduate Institute on March 11. State media agency Xinhua reported that the U.S. government \u201cinsisted on inviting Dalai Lama to attend the activity regardless of China\u2019s firm opposition.\u201d Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei was cited in the same article as saying that \u201csolemn representations to relevant parties\u201d had been lodged, because the Dalai Lama \u201cis a political exile who has long been engaged in activities to split China instead of a simple religious person. Dalai Lama, the biggest serf owner in old Tibet, is not entitled to talk about human rights.\u201d<span style=\"color: #a81111;\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/span>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_18620\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18620\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18620 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160311_145841-300x300.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160311_145841-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160311_145841-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160311_145841-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160311_145841-600x600.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160311_145841-120x120.jpg 120w\" alt=\"Dalai Lama\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Dalai Lama spoke to hundreds of Tibetans near the famous \u2018broken chair\u2019 against the backdrop of international flags outside the U.N. buildings in Geneva. (Photo: ICT)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\nThe Dalai Lama spoke to a packed crowd on March 11 about human rights and civil society, sharing a platform with human rights activists Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Karman and Leila Alikarami, and moderated by U.N. Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kate Gilmore who described him as \u201cA global figure of such standing, that you belong to all of us\u201d. The Dalai Lama later spoke to hundreds of Tibetans near the famous \u2018broken chair\u2019 against the backdrop of international flags outside the U.N. buildings in Geneva.On the same day as the collective statement on March 10 (also Tibetan Uprising Day), the International Campaign for Tibet, on behalf of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, delivered a statement to the Council in Geneva on the counter-terrorism law in the PRC, on March 10. The full text of the statement is enclosed below.\n\nIn its statement to the Council this week, on March 15, the Netherlands on behalf of the EU stated before the Human Rights Council: \u201cIn China, the detention of human rights defenders, lawyers and those defending labor rights, and enforced disappearances on foreign soil raise serious questions about China\u2019s respect for its international human rights obligations and its stat ed commitment to upholding the rule of law. The disappearance and detention of five Hong Kong residents, two of whom EU citizens and the public broadcasting of their so-called confessions also raise serious concerns. Individuals detained for seeking to protect the rights of others and for the peaceful exercise of their freedom of expression, including Liu Xiaobo, Ilham Tohti, Xu Zhiyong and Wang Yu, should be released. China should also take into account concerns about the draft foreign NGO law and the recent national security and counter-terrorism legislation. Lastly, the EU urges China to address the root causes of unrest and foster dialogue with different ethnic groups, especially in Tibet and Xinjiang.\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/eeas.europa.eu\/delegations\/un_geneva\/documents\/eu_statments\/human_right\/20160315_hrc31_item4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/eeas.europa.eu\/delegations\/un_geneva\/documents\/eu_statments\/human_right\/20160315_hrc31_item4.pdf<\/a>).\n\n<hr class=\"fade\" \/>\n\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #a81111;\">Statement delivered by Vincent Metten on behalf of Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR)<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\nMr. President,\n\nWe wish to thank the Special Rapporteur for his report.\n\nChina passed its first \u2018counter-terror\u2019 law on December 27, 2015, ignoring concerns expressed by international governments that draconian measures in the name of national security are being used to crackdown on Tibetans, Uighurs and Chinese civil society.\n\nSince May, 2013, in Tibet, an aggressive \u2018counter-terrorism\u2019 drive with a strongly political dimension has involved an expansion of militarization across the plateau, extra-judicial killings, torture and imprisonment. This is despite the absence of any violent protest in Tibet.\n\nThe new law that came into effect on January 1st this year, represents an escalation of such oppressive and counter-productive measures. Its broad and vague language increases the impunity of the Chinese Party state and attributes huge discretionary powers to both the state organs and security forces.\n\nIn conflating \u2018terrorism\u2019 with an undefined \u2018extremism\u2019 linked to religion, it gives more scope for the penalization of almost any peaceful expression of Tibetan identity, acts of non-violent dissent, or criticism of ethnic or religious policies, in a political climate in which the exiled Dalai Lama has been accused of \u2018inciting terrorism\u2019 because of a wave of self-immolations across Tibet..\n\nMr President, we believe that peace and stability cannot be achieved through hyper-securitization and suppression of human rights, and we are deeply concerned by these measures.\n\nWe urge the Human Rights Council and its members to call for the revision of this law to ensure it is consistent with international law and human rights provisions.\n\nWe also call for a re-evaluation of China\u2019s so-called \u2018stability maintenance\u2019 approach, and for an end to its counter-productive military buildup in Tibet.\n\nThank you, Mr. President.\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><strong>Footnotes:<\/strong>\n\n<span class=\"weiboFootnotes\"><span style=\"color: #a81111;\"><strong>[1]<\/strong><\/span> ICT statement, March 1, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/international-campaign-for-tibet-welcomes-concern-by-us-eu-germany-japan-and-canada-on-sweeping-new-security-laws-in-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/international-campaign-for-tibet-welcomes-concern-by-us-eu-germany-japan-and-canada-on-sweeping-new-security-laws-in-china\/<\/a><\/span>\n\n<span class=\"weiboFootnotes\"><span style=\"color: #a81111;\"><strong>[2]<\/strong> <\/span>Global Times, March 12, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/content\/973383.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/content\/973383.shtml<\/a><\/span>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The international community has sent a strong message to China with unprecedented diplomatic action in recent weeks including the first collective statement at the U.N. 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