1st Meeting 62nd Session of Human Rights Council UN Web TV
Summary
62nd session of the Human Rights Council (15 June – 07 July 2026)
- ITEM 2: Presentation of High Commissioner annual report
SPEAKER:
Mr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
I am very concerned about China’s counterterrorism and assimilation policies, particularly as they affect minorities in the Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Tibetan regions. The new law on ethnic unity risks deepening restrictions on freedoms of language, education, practice of religion, culture, expression and assembly; and penalizing the peaceful exercise of minority rights in general. I call for the law to be repealed and for these practices to end.
Source:
UN WEB TV， 1st Meeting – 62nd Session of Human Rights Council, https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1o/k1ovllh8l2.
