China and the Uighurs - investigating genocide allegations

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The Chinese government stands accused of genocide against Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang province. Human rights groups have reported abuses intended to eradicate religion and culture including large-scale detention camps, sterilisation programmes and widespread surveillance. China rejects the allegations.

This podcast considers what measures the international community should be taking.

Speakers:

• Rahima Mahmut, Senior Executive Member, Uighur Congress
• Jahaan Pittalwala, Research Analyst, Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
• Irwin Cotler, former Attorney General of Canada
• Lisa Nandy, UK Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Director, International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute; UK House of Lords
• Sir Iain Duncan Smith, former leader, UK Conservative Party
• Aldo Zammit Borda, Head of Research and Investigations, Uighur Tribunal
• Juliette Paauwe, Senior Research Analyst, Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
• Mark Ellis, Executive Director, International Bar Association