UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR)

Nevertheless, verification work continued, with the number of killings verified by OHCHR by 2 September 2024 standing at 8,119

standing at 8,119 Palestinians in Gaza, including 2,036 women and 3,588 children

which requires at least three independent sources

the number of killings verified by OHCHR by 2 September 2024

Senior independent rights investigators appointed by the Human Rights Council

The Commission finds that Israel is responsible for the commission of genocide in Gaza

Israel’s “aggressive operation” in the West Bank city of Hebron raises serious concerns

OHCHR Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China

There are serious indications of violations of reproductive rights through the coercive and discriminatory enforcement of family planning and birth control policies.

there are indications that labour and employment schemes for purported purposes of poverty alleviation and prevention of “extremism”, including those linked to the VETC system, may involve elements of coercion and discrimination on religious and ethnic grounds.

The assessment was shared with the Government for factual comments, as per standard OHCHR practice. The Government’s response, further to its request, is annexed to this report.

Official population figures indicate a sharp decline in birth rates in XUAR from 2017.

the birth rate in Xinjiang dropped approximately 48.7 per cent, from 15.88 per thousand in 2017 to 8.14 per thousand in 2019.

has in practice led to the large-scale arbitrary deprivation of liberty of members of Uyghur and other predominantly Muslim communities in XUAR in so-called VETC and other facilities, at least between 2017 and 2019.

Even if the VETC system has since been reduced in scope or wound up, as the Government has claimed, the laws and policies that underpin it remain in place.

Allegations of patterns of torture or ill-treatment, including forced medical treatment and adverse conditions of detention, are credible

While the available information at this stage does not allow OHCHR to draw firm conclusions regarding the exact extent of such abuses

Uyghur-majority areas represented the bulk of this decline, with two of the largest Uyghur prefectures especially affected by it.

these figures remain unusual and stark.

members of Uyghur and other predominantly Muslim groups, pursuant to law and policy, in context of restrictions and deprivation more generally of fundamental rights enjoyed individually and collectively, may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity.