Feds under fire for deferring decision to declare China’s actions against Uyghurs as genocide, by neilrmoss cdnpoli (subs)
Appearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 24, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said the government takes allegations of genocide 'very seriously,' and she looks forward to reading the report coming from UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, who will be visiting China in May.
As MPs across the partisan spectrum question why the Canadian government has yet to declare that the Chinese government’s repression of Uyghurs constitutes genocide, Global Affairs says an international court or tribunal must be the one to make the declaration, but international law experts say that’s not the case.Enjoy unlimited website access and the digital newspaper.
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