UK Foreign Affairs Committee Floats Responses to Xinjiang Human Rights Violations
The United Kingdom Foreign Affairs Committee issued a list of recommendations for how to respond to human rights violations in China's Xinjiang region in a July 8 report, “Never Again: The UK's Responsibility to Act on Atrocities in Xinjiang and…
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Beyond.” The report looks at the multilateral system, diaspora and culture, forced labor and the private sector, technology and research, and the U.K.'s approach to atrocity prevention. Recommendations include coordinating sanctions with allies, introducing legal obligations to remove forced labor from business supply chains partnered with sanctions for noncompliance, banning U.K. entities from conducting business with Chinese companies associated with the Xinjiang atrocities, and providing access to sanctions experts for all government departments.