57RZ10 Sense of the Ziu: Genocide in Xinjiang
Published in Clark #3
Primary Sources: see [1]
WHEREAS
genocide is defined by the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide as: Killing members of the group; Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group, and
WHEREAS
the People's Republic of China, since 2014, is reported by governments, international human rights organizations, and Uyghur testimony to be engaged in the following acts in violation of the 1948 Genocide Convention: Extrajudicial and mass detention, forced cohabitation, destruction of cultural and religious sites, removal of children, forced sterilization and contraception, and forced labor, and
WHEREAS
it is the duty of members of the international community like the Kingdom of Talossa, under new normative regimes such as the Responsibility to Protect, to at a minimum shine a light on these egregious violations of human dignity and rights.
THEREFORE
be it resolved, that the Ziu of the Kingdom of Talossa: Joins with the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Czechia, Lithuania, and France in officially designating the treatment of Uyghurs by the People’s Republic of China as a genocide, and Calls on other governments to do the same and commit to words and actions that pressure the People’s Republic of China to end its abuses against Uyghurs living in Xinjiang and their families around the world, and Calls on international institutions such as the International Criminal Court and the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights to seek full access and unflinching analysis and reporting.
