Geoffrey Nice | |
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| Born | 21 October 1945  London (United Kingdom) |
| Education | professor |
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| Occupation | Lawyer, barrister (1971–) |
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Sir Geoffrey Nice KC (born 21 October 1945) is a British barrister and former part-time judge. In the 1983 United Kingdom general election and the 1987 United Kingdom general election, he was the unsuccessful Social Democratic Party candidate for Dover. He took part in the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and was lead prosecutor at Slobodan Milošević's 2002 trial.
In 2019, he was chair of the China Tribunal, an independent people’s tribunal established to inquire into forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China. In 2021, he was chair the Uyghur Tribunal, which examined evidence regarding the ongoing human rights abuses against the Uyghur people by the Government of China.
In 2021, in retaliation for sanctions issued against Chinese officials by the United States, European Union and United Kingdom, the People's Republic of China issued sanctions against Nice that banned him from entering territory that the country controls or from doing business with Chinese persons. A spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement that these sanctions were issued due to Nice's spreading of what the Chinese government calls "lies and disinformation" surrounding China's policies regarding Xinjiang.[1][2][3]
- ^ Wintour, Patrick (26 March 2021). "China imposes sanctions on UK MPs, lawyers and academic in Xinjiang row". The Guardian.
- ^ Wu, Wendy; Bermingham, Finbarr (26 March 2021). "China sanctions British MPs, lawyers, businesses for Xinjiang 'disinformation'". South China Morning Post.
- ^ "Uighurs: China bans UK MPs after abuse sanctions". BBC News. 26 March 2021.