Open letter from Chinese Civil Society Organizations to the President of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Dear President of the UN Human Rights Council,
As a crucial organ of the United Nations General Assembly aimed at promoting and protecting human rights, the Human Rights Council plays a pivotal role in advancing global human rights development. We sincerely admire this role and express high appreciation for your commitment to upholding guiding principles such as universality, impartiality, objectivity, non-selectivity, as well as constructive international dialogue and cooperation in your work.
We have noticed, over the past period, organizations including the so-called International Federation for Human Rights, International Campaign for Tibet(Xizang) and Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, have been using the platform of the Human Rights Council to spread false information and cause trouble on a large scale, with the purpose of attacking and smearing China. They fabricated lies such as “colonial boarding school system” “repression of Tibetan Buddhism” “systematic attacks on the Tibetan language” “limit the rights to freedom of opinion and expression and freedom of peaceful association and assembly” “denial of the legal rights of detainees and prisoners” “torture and other forms of ill-treatment”, attempting to manipulate the Human Rights Council into making biased statements on the issue of Xizang, inciting other countries to attack and criticize China. These practices of distorting right and wrong completely ignore the history and reality of Xizang, disregarding the tremendous achievements in the development of human rights in Xizang, lacking basic objectivity and truthfulness. Once successful, it will significantly impact the credibility of the Human Rights Council, seriously disrupt the enthusiasm and expectations of normal participation by countries worldwide and global NGOs in the working mechanisms of the Human Rights Council, greatly harm the sentiments of the 1.4 billion people in China including Xizang, and severely misguide the global populace’s accurate understanding and international public opinion of Xizang. We strongly oppose the maliciously fabricated and baseless accusations, object to the politicization, instrumentalization, and stigmatization of human rights in Xizang.
In today’s Xizang, governments at all levels and people of all ethnicities are making efforts to promote political stability, social harmony, economic development, national unity, religious harmony, rule of law, and ecological well-being. They are working to ensure more comprehensive protection of basic human rights. The people of Xizang have firsthand experiences of these efforts, and many foreign media outlets that have visited Xizang have also provided extensive and objective coverage.
Rumors originate from schemers, thrive among the foolish, and cease with the wise. We strongly urge the Human Rights Council to remember the original intention and mission of establishing the universal periodic review mechanism, eliminate confusing noises, prevent lies and false accusations impacting the Council’s consideration of significant human rights issues with genuine practical significance. We call for the respect of legitimate information provided by member states and the making of objective, rational, and fair judgments.
Chongqing Centre for Equal Social Development
China Society for Human Rights Studies
China Foundation For Human Rights Development
China Association for Preservation and Development of Tibetan Culture
China Tibetology Research Center
High-level Tibetan Buddism College of China
Xizang’s Academy of Social Science
Xizang Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences
Tibet Uinversity
Xizang Minzu University
University of Xizang Medicine
Xizang Agriculture and Animal Husbandry University
Women’s Federation of Xizang Autonomous Region
Xizang Federation of Literary and Art Circles
Xizang Autonomous Region Federation of Industry and Commerce
Xizang Branch of China Buddhist Association
Xizang Disabled Persons’ Federation
Internet Society of Xizang
Xizang Youth Development Foundation
Xizang Autonomous Region Women’s Developement Association
Xizang Starlight Social Work Service Center
South Asia Research Center of Sichun University
Human Rights Law Research Center of Sichuan University
Pan-Himalayan Communication Research Center of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Sichuan Normal University China Western Frontier Research Institute
Southwest Minzu University Tibetan-Qiang-Yi Corridor Research Base for Fostering a Stronger Sense of the Chinese Nation as One Community
Research centre for Fostering a Stronger Sense of the Chinese Nation as One Community
Aba Vocational College
Aba Teachers College
Ganzi Vocational College
Sichuan Architecture Industry Chamber of Commerce
Sichuan Chuanlian Retail Industry Chamber of Commerce
Sichuan Tourism Chamber of Commerce
Sichuan Chuanlian Agricultural Industrialization Leading Enterprise Association
Sichuan Chuanlian Sports Industry Chamber of Commerce
Sichuan Cultural Industry Chamber of Commerce
Sichuan landscape Industry Associtaion
Sichuan Chuanlian SME Chamber of Commerce
Aba Teachers College non-party intellectuals Association
Yunnan University
Kunming University of Science and Technology
Yunnan University of Finance and Economics
Yunnan Agricultural University
Yunnan Normal University
Southwest Forestry University
Dali University
Kunming University
Yunnan Province Association For Southeast Asian Studies
Yunnan National Unity Progress Association
Yunnan Youth Development Foundation
Yunnnan Alternative Development Association
Yunnan Charity Federation
Institute for Central Asian Studies Lanzhou University
Research Center of Northwest Minority Education Development, Northwest Normal University
Gansu National Unity and Progress of the Cause of Innovation and Wisdom of the Treasury
Gansu Institute of Silk Road Economic Studies
New Urbanization Construction and Research Center for PrecisionPoverty Alleviation in Minority Areas of Gansu
Research Center of Ecological Construction and Environmental Protection
The Research Center for Modern Agriculture and Rural Social Integration Development in Gansu Province
Gansu Traditional Chinese Medicine Culture Inheritance and Development Research Think Tank
Research Center for Rural Governance and Development-Oriented Poverty Alleviation of Lanzhou Jiaotong University
Key Laboratory of Digital Protection Technology Research Intangible Cultural Heritage
Qinghai University
Qinghai Minzu University
Qinghai Normal University
Qinghai Open University
Qinghai Association for Science and Technology
Qinghai Disabled Persons' Federation
Qinghai Provincial Federation of Literature and Art Circles
Red Cross Society of Qinghai
Qinghai Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce
Qinghai Federation of Trade Unions
Qinghai Provincial Women's Federation