- Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR)
- A large region in northwestern China that is home to many ethnic minority groups, including the Uyghurs.
- People's Republic of China (PRC)
- The official name for China's government.
- Uyghurs
- An ethnic and religious minority group, primarily Muslim and Turkic-speaking, who live mainly in China's Xinjiang region.
- International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
- An international treaty that outlines basic human rights like the right to work, health, education, and social security.
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- An international treaty protecting individual civil and political rights, such as the right to life, freedom of speech, religion, and voting.
- Genocide
- The deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group.
- Crimes against humanity
- Widespread or systematic attacks directed against any civilian population, including murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, torture, rape, or other inhumane acts.