China Tribunal

The China Tribunal is a non-governmental People's Tribunal to inquire into forced organ harvesting in China.[1] It is headquartered in London. The chair of the China Tribunal is Sir Geoffrey Nice QC,[1] lead prosecutor at the trial of Slobodan Milošević in the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY).[2] Other members include Professor of Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery at University College London Martin Elliott,[1] and historian Arthur Waldron.[1]

The tribunal was initiated by the International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China (ETAC), who remain fully independent.[3]

China Tribunal and Falun Gong

According to the tribunal itself, "none of the members of the Tribunal, Counsel to the Tribunal, the editor or the volunteer lawyers working with Counsel to the Tribunal is a Falun Gong practitioner or has any special interest in Falun Gong".[4] The China Tribunal was commissioned by the International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China (ETAC), of which "a minority of its committee members are Falun Gong practitioners",[4] but remains internally independent from ETAC.[3]

Events and Judgment

The China Tribunal held 5 days of public hearings in December, 2018 and April, 2019 where over 50 fact witnesses, experts and investigators testified.[5][6] On the 17th of June, 2019, the China Tribunal pronounced its "final judgment" on organ harvesting in China and declared the Chinese Communist Party guilty of Crimes Against Humanity.[7][8][9][10][11] The complete Judgment was released on the 1st March, 2020.[12]


References
  1. "Who we are". China Tribunal. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  2. "Profile: Geoffrey Nice". University of Buckingham. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  3. "About ETAC". China Tribunal. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  4. "Judgement, section 17" (PDF). China Tribunal. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  5. Hurley, Richard (2019-04-16). "Evidence to contradict "substantial" forced organ harvesting from prisoners in China is lacking, tribunal hears". The BMJ. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  6. "Hearings". China Tribunal. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  7. Nice, Geoffrey (2019). SHORT FORM of THE CHINA TRIBUNAL’S JUDGMENT (PDF). China Tribunal.
  8. Iacobucci, Gareth (2020-03-03). "Chinese doctors admitted in undercover calls that harvested organs were available, informal tribunal finds". The BMJ. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  9. Elks, Sonia (2019-06-17). "China is harvesting organs from Falun Gong members, finds expert panel". Reuters. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  10. Smith, Saphora (2019-06-18). "China forcefully harvests organs from detainees, tribunal concludes". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  11. Bowcott, Owen (2019-06-17). "China is harvesting organs from detainees, tribunal concludes". The Guardian. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  12. "China Tribunal Judgement" (PDF). China Tribunal. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
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