Thank you very much for your question, a very relevant and important one in the current circumstances.
Our office has done extensive work on looking at the issues of mass detention and incarceration during the pandemic, and in fact issued human rights guidance on some of the critical steps that should be taken to avoid the most severe consequences. The high commissioner herself has strongly urged for early releases in a broad range of cases in which continued detention was unnecessary.
We have also emphasized that now more than ever, it is a moment where all those who are arbitrarily detained in violation of international human rights law should be released, because they now face obviously not only the risk of the loss of their liberty but the risk of loss of life, given, as you've commented, the extent to which the pandemic has an even more devastating effect within prison and detention facilities.
You've asked specific questions about our work relating to China and the Uighur community. I'm sorry, sir, but that's beyond my brief within our office and isn't within the remarks that I'm able to make to the committee today. However, I'm sure our office would be happy to submit further statements in response to the questions, if that would be helpful.
Thank you.