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OHCHR Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights · OHCHR (Geneva) · 2022

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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
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2026-09-01
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Published 31 August 2022 (UN Digital Library record 3985699), with the Chinese government's response annexed. Key findings: paras 78 (torture and ill-treatment in VETC facilities), 94–97 (surveillance), 148 (possible crimes against humanity).

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EstablishedThe UN Human Rights Office concluded in August 2022 that the extent of arbitrary and discriminatory detention of Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim groups in Xinjiang may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity.EstablishedA 2022 assessment by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights concluded that the arbitrary and discriminatory detention of Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim groups in Xinjiang may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity; the Chinese government rejects the assessment.