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HRC63 - EU Statement - HRC63 Item 4 Human Rights Situations tha... 2 of 10 https://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/un-geneva/hrc63-eu-statemen... ______ Item 4 ______ Statement by H.E. Ms. Deike Potzel Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the European Union Geneva, 22 September 2026 - CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY – HRC63 Item 4 Human Rights Situations that require the Council's attention EU statement Mister President, I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. Albania, Liechtenstein and Montenegro align themselves with the statement. With regard to the situations in Belarus, Burundi, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Haiti, Myanmar 22/09/2026, 16:14

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EU Statement on Tibet under Item 4 - UN Human Rights Council 63rd Session

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European External Action Service

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Statement/Declaration/Speech

Date: Sep 22, 2026

Topic

Boarding schools
Education
Human Rights
Individual Cases
Religious Freedom

Summary: In its statement under item 4 at the 63rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council, the EU stated:

"The human rights situation in Tibet continues to be dire. Indicators of this include large-scale coercive enrolment in obligatory boarding schools and the suppression of protests. We are concerned about reports that Tibetan schools teaching Tibetan language and culture have been shut down and that Chinese authorities have insisted that all students attend state schools where Tibetan is only taught as a separate subject. We encourage China to cooperate with international human rights mechanisms, including all relevant Special Procedures mandates and treaty bodies, in particular the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Committee against Torture."

The statement also recalls the EU's concerns about the new Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress which "may further restrict the cultural, linguistic and religious rights of persons belonging to ethnic and religious minorities, and have extraterritorial effects";

It also reiterate "the rights of persons belonging to religious groups to conduct their basic affairs without interference and freely choose their religious leaders."

Source: EEAS

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