I am pleased to announce that the Court of Cassation, Argentina's highest criminal court, has ruled in favour of our Universal Jurisdiction case for crimes against humanity and genocide for World Uyghur Congress , the Uyghur Human Rights Project , and Lawyers for Uyghur Rights
@L4UR_UKs.
The Court has held that there are no legal impediments to the case proceeding and the opening of a judicial investigation into the crimes of the Chinese regime. They also ordered that a change constellation of Judges of the Court of Appeal be assembled to take the case forward.
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I represent the applicants as International Counsel in this case along with Argentinian lawyer Juan Nieto.
My statement on this latest decision is as follows:
“This is a monumental decision of the Court of Cassation which not only holds that a criminal case should be opened into the crimes against humanity and genocide of the Uyghur people but also orders that a reconstituted Court of Appeal panel should implement its decision.
This brave decision protects the objectivity of the Argentinian legal system and its impartiality in the application of the Argentinian Constitution.
The Chinese regimes shameless attacks on the Uyghur people, based on their ethnicity and religion, which amount to the most serious international crimes, are well documented by international organisations, the press, and even the United Nations. Despite this, up until now, no avenue for justice has been open to them. This case, in which the Argentinian Courts can put the perpetrators of crimes against humanity and genocide on trial, will show that possibility of impunity for atrocities against defenceless people and groups is closing."
Special thanks to international lawyer and my friend Tomas Manguel for his guidance with this matter.
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Argentina’s highest criminal court has ruled in favour of a case brought by @UyghurCongress, @UyghurProject, and LUHR. The WUC and UHRP are represented by @MichaelPolakLaw as International Counsel working with Argentinian Lawyer Juan Nieto. @expertsabroad tinyurl.com/4uuchzbk
