In light of the reports of abuses, as well as the international reactions to them, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights sought to investigate the reports of abuses in the region.[1] Nearly four years following the findings by a U.N. Committee that the estimates of more than one million Muslims having been arbitrarily detained were credible claims, the OHCHR Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China was released on 31 August 2022.[39][40]