{"id":6191,"date":"2024-01-22T23:45:39","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T23:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markscogan.com\/?p=6191"},"modified":"2024-01-22T23:51:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T23:51:11","slug":"china-set-to-dodge-accountability-at-its-un-human-rights-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markscogan.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/22\/china-set-to-dodge-accountability-at-its-un-human-rights-review\/","title":{"rendered":"China set to dodge accountability at its UN human rights review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/markscogan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/EAFUyghurs-1024x683.png?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/markscogan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/EAFUyghurs.png?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/markscogan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/EAFUyghurs.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/markscogan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/EAFUyghurs.png?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/markscogan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/EAFUyghurs.png?resize=960%2C640&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/markscogan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/EAFUyghurs.png?w=1526&amp;ssl=1 1526w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Protesters hold placards at a London demonstration in 2022. Uyghurs and UK Muslim organisations gathered oposite Chinese embassy to protest against Chinese government&#8217;s committmend in series of ongoing human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities. Photo Credit: Thomas Krych \/ ZUMA Press Wire.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong>S<\/strong><\/mark>ince 2018, the human rights environment in mainland China and its associated autonomous regions has deteriorated. The evidence is overwhelming. The latest US State Department Report on China\u2019s human rights record recognised \u2018genocide and crimes against humanity\u2019 against Muslim Uyghurs as well as members of other religious and ethnic groups in the Xinjiang region. These crimes included the \u2018severe deprivation of physical liberty of more than one million civilians\u2019 as well as \u2018forced sterilization, coerced abortions\u2019 and \u2018draconian restrictions on freedom of religion, expression, and movement\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastasiaforum.org\/2024\/01\/23\/china-set-to-dodge-accountability-at-its-un-human-rights-review\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"323\" height=\"51\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/markscogan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/banner-bg.png?resize=323%2C51\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/markscogan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/banner-bg.png?w=323&amp;ssl=1 323w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/markscogan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/banner-bg.png?resize=300%2C47&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As featured in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastasiaforum.org\/2024\/01\/23\/china-set-to-dodge-accountability-at-its-un-human-rights-review\/\">East Asia Forum<\/a><\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) on its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/china\/ohchr-assessment-human-rights-concerns-xinjiang-uyghur-autonomous-region-peoples-republic-china?gad_source=1&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiA7t6sBhAiEiwAsaieYnfAiMQR-ZF-hUNgNFWQXrF4GpmVT8tU8NEco5uZ_A8J9yPCMMzU5RoCiA0QAvD_BwE\">own assessment<\/a>&nbsp;of abuses in the Xinjiang region wrote that the deprivation [of Uyghur rights] may constitute international crimes, \u2018in particular crimes against humanity\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 24 January 2024, the UN Human Rights Council will begin the process of China\u2019s Fourth Cycle Universal Periodic Review (UPR), where the Chinese government has already begun a narrative of resistance to the concept of universality,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/undocs.org\/en\/A\/HRC\/WG.6\/45\/CHN\/1\">noting in its National Report<\/a>&nbsp;that it will follow a \u2018Chinese path of human rights development\u2019, where it applies an authoritarian approach by challenging international human rights norms, including&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/Delivery.cfm\/SSRN_ID1670461_code1512556.pdf?abstractid=1644365&amp;mirid=1\">a hierarchical approach<\/a>&nbsp;in keeping with an old argument of \u2018Asian Values\u2019, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2020\/07\/multilateralism-with-chinese-characteristics-bringing-in-the-hub-and-spoke\/\">\u2018hub-and-spoke\u2019 institutions<\/a>&nbsp;that alter the nature of global governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Evidence of China\u2019s norm-shattering strategy, which runs counter to United Nations principles and the UPR \u2014 an instrument of peer-review required of all UN member states \u2014 is overwhelming and has been since the strategy\u2019s last review in 2018. Countries that had more dependent relationships with Beijing were more likely to make generic recommendations to China during the 2018 Third Cycle Review. Pakistan\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/documents-dds-ny.un.org\/doc\/UNDOC\/GEN\/G18\/446\/59\/PDF\/G1844659.pdf?OpenElement\">rather benign suggestion<\/a>&nbsp;to \u2018continue to promote discussions in the Human Rights Council on the role of development in promoting and protecting human rights\u2019, may be an act of caution because of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowyinstitute.org\/the-interpreter\/china-s-big-gamble-pakistan-10-year-scorecard-cpec\">China\u2019s US$62 billion investment<\/a>&nbsp;in the Gwadar Port and the larger China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Likewise, pre-coup Myanmar made non-specific recommendations on poverty, rural development and child rights. China in 2018 was considering major investments in addition to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/china-myanmar-rohingya-crisis-un\/4044836.html\">positions in a deep sea port at Kyauk Pyu<\/a>. China\u2019s heavy investments&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csis.org\/analysis\/kyaukpyu-connecting-china-indian-ocean-0\">triggered worries<\/a>&nbsp;that it would have a \u2018dangerous level of economic leverage over Myanmar\u2019 because of infrastructure-related debt. It was no surprise that many of the same countries that submitted bland recommendations to China in 2018 were&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2020\/07\/02\/countries-supporting-china-hong-kong-law\">also supportive<\/a>&nbsp;of Chinese President Xi Jinping after the June 2020&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastasiaforum.org\/2024\/01\/06\/will-hong-kongs-national-security-law-safeguard-or-harm-its-citizens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Security Law<\/a>&nbsp;for Hong Kong was implemented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This strategy provides China with the thinnest veneer of legitimacy. Beijing can claim that it \u2018accepted 284 of the 346 recommendations [or 82 per cent] put forward by various countries\u2019 and that it \u2018attaches great importance to follow-up work\u2019, statements that were&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/rw.china-embassy.gov.cn\/eng\/fyrth\/201903\/t20190319_5945575.htm\">echoed by<\/a>&nbsp;high-level officials and the Chinese media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the release of the Xinjiang report,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/speeches\/joint-statement-on-human-rights-violations-in-xinjiang-at-the-un-third-committee\">51 countries<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 led by the United Kingdom \u2014 urged China to end its abuses in Xinjiang and to more fully cooperate with the OHCHR. Yet just days later, Fiji, which is currently caught in a struggle between great powers over their influence in Pacific Island states,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2023-10-27\/fiji-backs-united-nations-china-human-rights-violations-xinjiang\/103025888\">withdrew from the UK-led joint statement<\/a>. While new UN Human Rights chief Volker Turk called upon China to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/statements\/2023\/09\/turk-human-rights-are-antidote-prevailing-politics-distraction-deception\">take strong action<\/a>&nbsp;on the recommendations made in the report, his own language centred mainly on generic topics, such as poverty or creating a more participatory approach to politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The January 2024 review of China\u2019s human rights record will happen amid a deeply hostile environment for minorities and an increasingly desperate Hong Kong population. An&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/undocs.org\/en\/A\/HRC\/WG.6\/45\/CHN\/3\">assortment of UN experts and Treaty Bodies have expressed concerns<\/a>&nbsp;about the ability of Tibetans to freely move about and the status of nine Tibetan environmental human rights defenders serving long prison sentences. Many have worried about China\u2019s grand narrative of \u2018counterterrorism\u2019 in response to the Uyghur population. The flood of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Spotlight\/Hong-Kong-security-law\/Hong-Kong-squeezes-activists-in-exile-by-interrogating-relatives\">transnational repression<\/a>&nbsp;of the Hong Kong diaspora and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/1\/2\/jimmy-lai-pleads-not-guilty-to-national-security-sedition-charges\">trials of media figures like Jimmy Lai<\/a>&nbsp;will serve as a backdrop to a hollow review that the defenders of universal human rights will be powerless to prevent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is because China\u2019s work in securing the allegiance of states from Latin America, Africa, the Caribbean, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands has been a work in progress. It has been paying dividends, both in the solidification of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20230922-china-announces-strategic-partnership-with-syria\">strategic<\/a>&nbsp;and economic partnerships<a href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Spotlight\/Belt-and-Road\/Laos-deepens-reliance-on-China-for-key-transport-projects\">&nbsp;and of increased dependence<\/a>. In Latin America, economic, security and energy ties have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/backgrounder\/china-influence-latin-america-argentina-brazil-venezuela-security-energy-bri#chapter-title-0-3\">shaped Chinese diplomacy<\/a>. Decades of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/26\/china\/china-african-loans-development-belt-and-road-intl-hnk\/index.html\">development cooperation in Africa<\/a>&nbsp;have also paid dividends, as well as increased its continental influence. In Southeast Asia, namely Laos, economic dependence facilitates their participation in doing Beijing\u2019s dirty work, such as the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/chinese-rights-lawyer-detained-in-laos-is-deported-wife-says-\/7300688.html\">detention of Chinese human rights lawyer Lu Siwei<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UN human rights system has always been controversial, which eventually led to a decision to replace the old Commission on Human Rights and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/hr-bodies\/upr\/basic-facts\">creation of the UPR in March 2006<\/a>. Yet China\u2019s abuse of the human rights system&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastasiaforum.org\/2023\/11\/25\/great-power-manipulation-riddles-united-nations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">requires a firm and consistent response&nbsp;<\/a>from those who remain committed to a human rights order free from the manipulation of autocratic states and remain firm in holding Beijing to account in the January review and in the years to follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2018, the human rights environment in mainland China and its associated autonomous regions has deteriorated. The evidence is overwhelming. 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