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Cancel China’s Appointment to UNHRC’s Consultative Group
UNPO 18 April 2020 UNPO joined 81 organizations and associations in a letter submitted to the UN calling for the cancellation of appointment of Mr Jiang Duan, Minister at the Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China, to the Human Rights Council’s Consultative Group from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021. The consultative group plays a critical role in the appointments of independent human rights experts under the special procedure of the UNHRC. The petition stated that “with this appointment, China will be able to weaken the 17 Special Procedures which are due for fresh appointments eventually subverting the entire system of special procedures. We cannot let a fox guard the henhouse.” Below is an article published by the Central Tibet Administration 82 Organizations and Associations predominantly from Central and Eastern Europe have submitted a joint petition for the cancellation of appointment of Mr Jiang Duan, Minister at the Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China, to the Human Rights Council’s Consultative Group from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021. The joint petition was submitted to UN General Secretary Mr Antonio Guterres, Chair of the General Assembly’s Third Committee Mr Christian Braun, President of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Ms Elisabeth Tichy- Fisslberger, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Ms Michelle Bachelet and each of the 55 member states of the Asia-Pacific regional group which nominated China to the consultative group of the UNHRC. The petition called for the cancellation of appointment of China respectively. The consultative group consists of five members each nominated by five different regional groups: African Group, Asia-Pacific Group, Eastern European Group, Latin American and Caribbean Group and Western European and Others Group. The consultative group plays a critical role in the appointments of independent human rights experts under the special […]