Geneva, November 6, 2018 Our work leading the Tibet Advocacy Coalition at the UN had a substantial win as diplomatic support for Tibet increased at the United Nations Human Rights Council, with nine countries raising 12 recommendations concerning China’s human rights abuses in Tibet during China’s third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on November 6, 2019. […]
Following on from our 2016 report on the situation for Tibetans in India, TJC has been carrying out research into the practical accessibility of citizenship for eligible Tibetans in India. We have conducted two rounds of research in India and are currently analysing the findings. We aim to make these public as soon as we […]
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release, 14 September 2016 New research challenges Belgian and Swiss government reports, and offers beacon of hope to hundreds of undocumented Tibetans in Europe Contacts: Sylvie Micholt: 0472 78 50 51 or 050314130, sylvie.micholt@amistadlaw.be (Dutch, French, English) Iona Liddell: +447712570736, execdir@tibetjustice.org (English) Chungdaktsang Migmar: migikhangsar@gmail.com, (English, Tibetan) Wangpo Tethong: +919906189186, tethong@tethong.ch, […]
On September 23, 2014 members of the Tibet Advocacy team including TJC’s Iona Liddell, supported by Boston University’s International Human Rights Law Clinic launched our New ‘Human Rights Action Plan for Tibet’ at the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva. The Human Rights Action Plan for Tibet is a recommendation monitoring tool with indicators to measure […]
TJC and partners have launched a new report Compromised Space: Bullying and Blocking at the UN Human Rights Mechanisms, which details how China, Russia, Iran and other repressive regimes are manipulating the United Nations Human Rights System to block and attack those seeking to hold them accountable for gross human rights violations perpetrated against minorities, […]
TJC has launched a new comprehensive report on the situation for Tibetans in India which gives a clear overview of their legal status in India, and the impact on their lives as a result. The report is based on in-depth research in India conducted over the past 2 years, with research teams having traveled to […]
September 14, 2016 Combining EU and UN Advocacy and Performing as a Diplomat – New Skills Acquired at Third Workshop for Unrepresented Diplomats in Brussels On 8-9 September 2016, Tibet Justice Center, together with Oxford University Associate Professor Fiona McConnell and the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), ran a workshop entitled “Performing as a […]
TJC has produced a short update report on the situation for Tibetans in India, highlighting areas of key concern, such as deportations (minimal but still a significant threat), land issues, and access to citizenship and refugee documentation. The legal situation for Tibetans in India is unfixed and changeable. Laws and policies are variously implemented and […]
TJC and the Tibet Lobby team engage the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights over Tibet. The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) is a multilateral treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 16 December 1966, and in force from 3 January 1976. It commits the countries who […]
TJC’s Executive Director, Iona Liddell, was honoured to be asked by a coalition of Tibet groups, including the Tibetan Community in Britain, to give a speech at the March 10 Uprising Day demonstration in London on what non-Tibetans can do to support the Tibetan struggle. Full text is below: Speech for Tibetan Uprising Day “My […]
There is currently a case in the Spanish courts which accuses five Chinese leaders, including recent Prime Minister of China Hu Jintao, of committing crimes such as torture and genocide against the Tibetan people. This decade-long case has recently been making headway, and headlines, as China attempts to pressure the Spanish government into stopping the […]
China’s UPR human rights review: Successes and future steps China’s human rights record was reviewed through the Universal periodic Review mechanism at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in October 2013; Tibet Justice Center’s co-coordination of a Tibet coalition lobby group saw UN members states successfully challenged to stand up for Tibet, as Tibet […]
China re-joined the UN Human Rights Council in November 2013 in a “clean slate” election, with four states for four seats. While its presence clearly undermines the overall credibility of the Council, this does present an opportunity to hold other UN member states responsible for ensuring China is held more strongly to account for its […]
Tibet Justice Center (TJC), supported by the Boston University Asylum and Human Rights Law Clinic, has submitted a report to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on China’s detrimental policies and practices in Tibet which effect the rights to self-determination, non-discrimination, work, health, education, adequate standard of living, and cultural life of […]
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