We pass the floor to Canada.
Thank you, Mr President.
The High Commissioner highlighted unresolved
human rights violations as they continue
to accumulate. Far too many members and
observers of this Council bear responsibility
for extending this human suffering.
Council members have an additional duty to
Council members have an additional duty to
embrace their human rights obligations.
Not that this should be required.
For instance, the government of China's ongoing
persecution of religious and ethnic minorities
especially in Xinjiang and Tibet in incompatible
with its international obligation and its own
constitution. We urge authorities to release all
individuals detained for exercising their human rights
and to protect cultural and linguistic rights.
The lack of transparency and due process in
the cases of thousands of Uyghurs detained
in so-called re education camps and in the cases
of detained human rights defenders throughout
the country continue to call into question
China's commitment to the rule of law.
