"China: Three human rights reports submitted for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)" 18 July 2023

Today, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) made three submissions to the United (UN) Human Rights Council for the fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of China, which is scheduled to be held in Geneva, Switzerland, in early 2024.

The first submission, jointly prepared with the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC), Même droits pour Tous (MDT), Observatorio Ciudadano, and Peru Equidad, focuses on the human rights and environmental impacts stemming from investment and infrastructure projects implemented by Chinese companies abroad. Some of the operations of these overseas Chinese companies also contribute to climate change. The submission draws information from cases involving operations of Chinese companies in Cambodia, Chile, Guinea, and Peru. [...] They include: lithium extraction in the Atacama Desert in Chile; labour rights of mine workers in Peru; bauxite mining in Guinea; and the Dara Sakor tourism infrastructure project in Koh Kong Province, the Lower Sesan Dam 2 hydropower project in Stung Treng Province, and land concessions in Preah Vihear Province in Cambodia. This submission also details information that has occurred since the country’s third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in 2018. [...]