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UN Rights Chief Speaks Out on Hong Kong, but 'Quiet Diplomacy' on China Still Frustrates NGOs

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UN Rights Chief Speaks Out on Hong Kong, but 'Quiet Diplomacy' on China Still Frustrates NGOs

Campaigners increasingly question the effectiveness of Türk’s so-called ‘quiet diplomacy’ with Beijing.

Activists Seek UN Action on China after “Disappointing” Rights Review

Activists Seek UN Action on China after “Disappointing” Rights Review

The UN human rights office led by Volker Türk must step up pressure on China over its documented repression of Uyghurs, Tibetans, and pro-democracy voices in Hong Kong, activists said this week, after what they called a rare but disappointing public review of Beijing’s record. Türk should speak out,

Exclusive: China Seeks to Quash Dissent Ahead UN Review of Its Human Rights Record

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Exclusive: China Seeks to Quash Dissent Ahead UN Review of Its Human Rights Record

| UN Human Rights Council to hold five-year review of China next week | Beijing urges UN to prevent ‘anti-China separatists’ from attending UPR | Uyghur, Tibetan, and Hong Kong activists to attend review, and plan demo

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Volker Türk's Inextinguishable Belief in Human Rights

Western countries concerned about what they see as Beijing’s renewed attempt to curtail the independence of the Office of the UN Human Rights Chief

Our exclusive story today reveals how China is using the moment to try to restrict both the independence and the mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, de facto using the multilateral system itself to hollow it out from within.

#112 The G|O Briefing, October 6, 2022

A CLOSE VICTORY FOR CHINA AND A REBUKE TO THE WEST AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL | BRINGING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS PERPETRATORS TO JUSTICE | STOPPING PHONE HACKING | NUKES NOT AN OPTION

The conundrum of balancing state sovereignty with international obligations

Daniel Warner | "The controversy over the OHCHR report and its delay is an excellent case study of the tension between state sovereignty and universal norms."

How will the Human Rights Council deal with the UN’s report on China?

In the run-up to Monday’s opening of the 51st session, diplomatic consultations of a rare intensity are underway in Geneva to ensure that the OHCHR’s report is not ignored and that further actions will be taken.

The complicated process of finding a successor to Michelle Bachelet

The job is one of the most exposed in the UN, but that has not stopped more than fifty people from coming forward—some of whom have even phoned Bachelet directly to express their interest.

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A blistering report and a new challenge for Geneva—how to deal with it?

Finally released by the UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, just a few minutes before leaving office at midnight yesterday (August 31), the long-awaited report from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is damning.

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