Appeal for a UNHRC Special Session into State Crimes In Tibet
Following the precedence set by investigations launched into the state violence perpetrated against protesters in
Appeal for a Special Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on the Human Rights Situation in the People’s Republic of China
The undersigned Non-Governmental Organisations in the Asian region call upon the UN Human Rights Council to hold a Special Session on the current human rights situation in the People’s Republic of
We welcome that the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday [14 March 2008] expressed her concern on the Tibetan people’s situation and urged “the Government of China to allow demonstrators to exercise their right to freedom of expression and assembly, to refrain from any excessive use of force while maintaining order, and to ensure those arrested are not ill-treated and are accorded due process in line with international standards.”
Following her recommendations, we would like to appeal to Council members to address the ongoing gross human rights violations against Tibetans with regards to their right to life, freedom of expression and assembly, among others. We also urge the members to seriously look into the cases of violent crackdown on a series of peaceful demonstrations in the “Tibet Autonomous Region” and Tibetan areas of
In this respect, we urge the High Commissioner to send a fact-finding mission equipped with full access to all the Tibetan areas where there had been extrajudicial or summary killings, arbitrary detention, and enforced disappearances since 10 March [2008], when the current wave of demonstrations began.
Judging from the information available to us regarding the scale of the ongoing human rights violations against the Tibetan people, including the reported deaths of 80 Tibetans, it is imperative that the Human Rights Council as the principal human rights organ of the United Nations take urgent measures by convening a special session to address the current situation in
We urge the Council to swiftly call upon the Chinese authorities to receive a joint mission of Special Procedures mandate-holders on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary execution and other relevant mandates such as the Special Rapporteur on Torture, the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression and the Special Representative of Secretary-General on Human Rights Defenders.
Signed:
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Anselmo Lee
Executive Director
Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)
On behalf of:
Ain O Salish Kendra
Alternative ASEAN Network on
ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary
Association of
Association of
Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR)
Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)
Asian Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Network (AITPN)
Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM)
Cambodian Human Rights and Development (ADHOC)
Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICHADO)
Centre for Organization Research and Education (CORE)
Center for Human Rights and Development (CHRD),
Center for Social Action, Research, Training and Documentation (ADHIKAR)
Citizens’ Council for Human Rights,
Community Trust Fund (CTF)
Earth Peoples
Era Consumer
Forum for Democracy in
Foundation for Media Alternatives,
Friends’ Association for Rural Reconstruction (FARR)
Global
Globe International
Human Rights and Justice (HAK Association)
Human Rights Commission of
Human Rights Education Institute of
Indonesian Human Rights Monitor (IMPARSIAL)
Indonesian Human Rights Working Group (HRWG)
Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI)
Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Foundation (PBHI)
Information Monitor (INFORM)
Informal
International NGO Forum for Indonesian Development (INFID)
Justice System Monitoring Program (JSMP)
Korean House for International Solidarity (KHIS)
Lao Human Rights Council
Law and Society Trust (LST)
Legal Resources for Social Action (LRSA)
Madaripur Legal Aid Association (MLAA)
National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP),
Non-Violence International
Odhikar -
Paralegal Training and
Panglilingkod Batas Pangkapapatiran Foundation (PBPF)
Pax Romana ICMICA/MIIC -
People’s Empowerment for Strong Civil Society
People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD)
People’s
Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN)
Society for Threatened Peoples International
Suara Rakyat
Task Force Detainees of the
Tanggol-Kalikasan
The Federation of the Commission for Disappearances and Victims of Violence (KONTRAS)
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)
Women’s Welfare Society (WWS)