The human rights situation in Xinjiang, including the Xinjiang police files
22.6.2022
Question for written answer E-002236/2022
to the Council
Rule 138
Engin Eroglu (Renew), Raphaël Glucksmann (S&D), Sara Skyttedal (PPE), Nicola Beer (Renew), Assita Kanko (ECR), Olivier Chastel (Renew), Javier Nart (Renew), Samira Rafaela (Renew), Gianna Gancia (ID), Reinhard Bütikofer (Verts/ALE), Henrike Hahn (Verts/ALE), Alice Kuhnke (Verts/ALE), Pär Holmgren (Verts/ALE), Jakop G. Dalunde (Verts/ALE), Dragoş Tudorache (Renew), Ciarán Cuffe (Verts/ALE), Rasa Juknevičienė (PPE), Maria Arena (S&D), Anna Cavazzini (Verts/ALE)
In the light of the Xinjiang police files, Parliament adopted a resolution condemning the repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, stating that ‘birth prevention measures and the separation of Uyghur children from their families amount to crimes against humanity and represent a serious risk of genocide’.The resolution calls on the Member States to take ‘all necessary steps, in accordance with the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, to put an end to these atrocities’, as well as on the Council to ‘address the human rights violations in Xinjiang at the next European Council’.
- 1.What measures do the Member States intend to take to sanction high ranking Chinese officials, such as Chen Quanguo, Zhao Kezhi, Guo Shengkun and Hu Lianhe, and other individuals and entities identified in the Xinjiang police files?
- 2.What points covered in the resolution does the Council intend to address at its next meeting?
- 3.How does the Council intend to put the crimes against humanity and serious risk of genocide against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang on the agenda of the next G7 and G20 summits, as called for by the resolution?