{"id":75178,"date":"2021-03-22T15:57:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T14:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/?p=75178"},"modified":"2023-07-14T11:11:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T09:11:01","slug":"political-will-prevent-uyghurs-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/75178-political-will-prevent-uyghurs-genocide.html","title":{"rendered":"Is there a political will to prevent the Uyghurs from genocide?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Uyghurs detained in Chinese camps are subjected to torture, forced labour and sterilization. This week, our partners from Asymmetrical Haircuts have invited two experts \u2013 Dr Melanie O\u2019Brien<\/strong><\/a> from the University of Western Australia Law School; and Dr Ewelina Ochab<\/strong><\/a>, a human rights advocate \u2013 to discuss if and how violations endured by the Uyghurs could be characterized as a genocide. The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court<\/a> has declined a request for an investigation and the Security Council would never vote a resolution against China, which has a veto. But evidence of crimes against Uyghurs are consistently collected by activists and researchers through satellite pictures, analysis of birth rates, statistics on implanted contraceptive devices and so on. China is a state party to the Genocide Convention, O\u2019Brien points out in this podcast, but there isn\u2019t a monitoring body. She says the only option is to hope another country like small but brave Gambia [in the Myanmar case] will step up and take China to the International Court of Justice for violating its obligations under the Genocide Convention.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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