(2023-06-21)人权资讯简报:在19日举行的第53届人权理事会上,联合国人权事务高级专员福尔克尔·蒂尔克(Volker Türk)在开幕式议程2发言中呼吁在中国和印度设立联合国人权高专办办事处。
蒂尔克指出,联合国人权高专办在过去30年内已经在全球95个国家设立了101个办事处,联合国人权高专办将扩大在巴西、中亚、厄瓜多尔、肯尼亚、莫桑比克、美国和加勒比海地区的规模。同时蒂尔克表示在中国和印度这两个占据全球人口1/3的国家设立办事处非常重要。
在涉及中国的人权事务方面,蒂尔克在发言中称中国在过去一段时间内与多个联合国条约机制合作,这也为后续行动提供了重要指导,包括香港的国家安全法、新疆针对维吾尔和其它穆斯林少数民族的歧视、包括在藏区等针对少数民族消灭民族身份的同化政策、对民间社会空间限制等。
蒂尔克表示他的办公室将寻求与中国政府的进一步接触,并鼓励中国政府与联合国特别程序机制的合作。
蒂尔克发言原文:In the past year, for example, China has cooperated with several treaty bodies, leading to important guidance for follow-up. They include concerns in relation to the National Security Law in Hong Kong SAR; discrimination against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang UAR; assimilation policies that undermine the identity of minorities, including Tibetan people; as well as restrictions on the civic space. My Office is seeking further engagement with China on these and other issues, and we also encourage China to seek the expertise of Special Procedures mandate holders.
We would now like to scale up engagement, for example in Brazil, Central Asia, Ecuador, Kenya, Mozambique and the United States, as well as the Caribbean region. I also believe that it is important for us to establish a presence for the first time in China and India – two countries which together comprise more than one-third of the world’s population.
消息来源:
1.OHCHR,Urging greater cooperation, High Commissioner Türk opens Human Rights Council session,https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements/2023/06/urging-greater-cooperation-high-commissioner-turk-opens-human-rights-council
2.REUTERS,UN rights chief seeks to establish presence in China and India,https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/un-rights-chief-seeks-establish-presence-china-india-2023-06-19/.