Buenos Aires, June 24 -- Argentina's highest criminal court, the Federal Court of Criminal Cassation (Camara Nacional de Casacion Penal) on Wednesday issued a ruling in support of the universal jurisdiction case filed by the World Uyghur Congress, Uyghur Human Rights Project, and Lawyers for Uyghur regarding crimes against humanity and genocide against the Uyghur people by officials of the Chinese regime, as stated in a release from the World Uyghur Congress (WUC).

The Court of Cassation concluded that there are no legal barriers to proceeding with the case, determined that the case should move forward, and instructed that a new panel of judges from the Federal Court of Appeal be assembled to carry out their decision, according to the WU...