{"id":12635,"date":"2021-06-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/un-human-rights-council-urged-to-respect-tibetans-cultural-rights-in-education\/"},"modified":"2021-06-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T22:00:00","slug":"un-human-rights-council-urged-to-respect-tibetans-cultural-rights-in-education","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/un-human-rights-council-urged-to-respect-tibetans-cultural-rights-in-education\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Human Rights Council urged to respect Tibetans\u2019 cultural rights in education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the ongoing 47th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today, Melanie Blondelle delivered a statement on behalf of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights calling on China to respect the cultural rights of Tibetans with regard to language and education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following is the text of the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>GENERAL ASSEMBLY<br>Human Rights Council<br>Forty-seventh Regular Session<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">June 25, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to education<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Statement delivered by M\u00e9lanie Blondelle on behalf of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Madam President,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We thank the Special Rapporteur for her report, and for underlining the dangers of restricting mother tongue language instruction in education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Tibetan areas, Tibetan language instruction and cultural education has been marginalized by the PRC. Mandarin is now the medium of instruction in 95% of schools and textbooks systematically censor references to the Tibetans\u2019 distinct culture, religion and history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Private schools run by Buddhist monasteries or Tibetan communities have been shut down in contravention of international law, which prohibits any discriminatory treatment of children in education and protects the rights of religious communities to offer education. Tibetans who seek to protect their language face persecution and prison sentences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We particularly welcome the Rapporteur\u2019s recommendation to protect learners from indoctrination. We are deeply concerned by efforts to nurture self-hate and political loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party. As one former Tibetan nomad noted, \u2018our teachers drove us to hate our heritage, our elders, and even our parents\u2026 We felt ashamed of our cultural background; we developed an antipathy to our socio-cultural world itself\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Education should not come at the cost of one\u2019s cultural identity. We therefore urge the Chinese government to respect its obligations according to the Child Rights Convention and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Thank you.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the ongoing 47th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today, Melanie Blondelle delivered a statement on behalf of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights calling on China to respect the cultural rights of Tibetans with regard to language and education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11592,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categorie":[691,678],"news_tag":[672],"class_list":["post-12635","nieuws","type-nieuws","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie-news","categorie-policy-centerunited-nations-and-tibet","news_tag-united-nations-and-tibet"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UN Human Rights Council urged to respect Tibetans\u2019 cultural rights in education - 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