Webinar: Turning Her Body into a Weapon of Persecution/Genocide: Rape and Sexual Violence Against Uyghur Women

On 8 March 2021, the Coalition for Genocide Response, René Cassin, World Uyghur Congress, Stop Uyghur Genocide and Yet Again organised a webinar on: Turning Her Body into a Weapon of Persecution/Genocide: Rape and Sexual Violence Against Uyghur Women.

The panellists discussed the issue of rape and sexual violence as a weapon against the Uyghur women and how it translates into international crimes requiring an urgent response.

The panellists were:

• Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Director of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute

• Lord Alton of Liverpool, Cross-bench Peer, Patron of the Coalition for Genocide Response

• Rahima Mahmut, Director of the World Uyghur Congress (UK)

• Laura Marks OBE, Chair of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust

• Abid Shamdeen, Executive Director of Nadia’s Initiative

• Watch it here: