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The Uyghur Tribunal was an independent "people's tribunal" based in the United Kingdom aiming to examine evidence regarding the ongoing human rights abuses against the Uyghur people by the Government of China and to evaluate whether the abuses constitute genocide under the Genocide Convention.[1][2][3][4][5] The tribunal was chaired by Geoffrey Nice, the lead prosecutor in the trial of Slobodan Milošević, who announced the creation of the tribunal in September 2020.[1][2][6]

According to Nice, the tribunal was called when there became "no other way of bringing the leadership of the [Chinese] Communist Party collectively or individually to judgement."[4] China's government has said that the tribunal constitutes "blasphemy against the law", issued sanctions against the tribunal and its organizers, and called the tribunal "sheer fiction".[3][7][8][9]

In December 2021, the tribunal concluded that the government of the People's Republic of China had committed genocide against the Uyghurs via birth control and sterilization measures.[10][5][11][12] In addition to this, they found evidence of crimes against humanity, torture and sexual abuse.[10] The tribunal's final determination did not individually bind any government to take action, but organizers hoped that the tribunal's hearings and reports may spur international action and help to hold China to account for its abuse of the Uyghurs.[5][12][13][14][15]

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  13. ^ Weiting, Asye (3 June 2021). "Uyghur exiles describe forced abortions, torture in Xinjiang". Washington Times. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  14. ^ Gerin, Roseanne (4 June 2021). "Uyghur Tribunal Hears Grim Accounts of Rape And Torture in China's Xinjiang". Radio Free Asia. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
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