The Development Path for Human Rights with Chinese Characteristics

<正>Like most countries in the world,China supports the ideal of human rights depicted and advocated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international documents and agrees with the idea that human rights should be universal.However,China also holds that to better realize the common goals of human rights requires that each country explore and find the best and most     

Optimize the Environment for Human Rights Development and Boost Sustainable Human Rights Development

Human rights are not isolated; rather, they are human rights situated in the soci- ety, the network interwoven with economy, politics, society, culture and so on, and human rights protection has to depend upon certain interior and exterior environments and institutional arrangement. As early as in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has pointed out, ＂Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized.＂ The realization of human rights not only involves the claim to rights themselves,     

Vigorously Boosting the Development of Chinese Human Rights Theory and Practice

<正>We feel a great honor and a heavy responsibility upon the Human Rights Research Center at Shandong University being named one of China’s national human rights education and training bases.In our view,national human rights education and training bases should keep up with the times,bring into full play their advantages of uniqueness and openness,complement each other,make concerted efforts to achieve innovation     

Efforts Toward Human Rights Development

<正>Human rights have long been at the center of debate in the international community.The argument on human rights is dominated by Western countries,which usually blame developing countries in this regard.But such accusations are not fair to many developing countries.In particular,Western countries also have various human rights problems.Mostly,they just impose double standards when dealing with the problem.     

我国宪法人权理念探析

自宪法产生以来,人权理念一直是各国宪法的核心理念,我国现行宪法也确立了人权和人的自由理念。但是,由于各种原因的影响,人权理念并没有成为我国宪法的核心理念。为此,我国宪法应该进一步确立人大领导下的分权制约机制,完善、充实公民基本权利义务体系,健全公民权利限制原则,完善宪法监督,建立行之有效的宪法监督机制,以促进我国宪法人权本位理念的真正确立和我国人权事业的发展。     

Human Rights Protection in the Context of Ruling the Country by Law

At a conference in Beijing on December 4, 2012 marking the 30th anni- versary of the adoption of the current Constitution, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping pointed out, ＂To fully implement the Constitution is the primary task and the basic work in building a socialist nation ruled by law.＂ He also said, ＂A country ruled by law should be first ruled by the Constitution, and lawful governance should be based on the Constitution.＂     

Teaching of Human Rights Law in Chinese Universities

Teaching and research onhuman rights law are notpurely academic,in that aftergraduation law students areexpected to be judges,prose-cutors,lawyers and government officialswho,in one way or another,will be oblig-ed to respect human rights.2Chinese universi…     

Peaceful Development and Human Rights Protection

<正>I.Understanding True Human Rights Humans developed from primates—family living things—and,through long evolutions,finally broke away from the primate habitat and entered civilization.The more humans develop,the deeper the distance between humans and the primate animal world.In the long-term social life of human beings,humans gradually develop a sense of goodness;that is,humans treat other human beings with biological attributes as their own kind.Human beings finally have a sense of kind...     

Confucian Culture and Human Rights Development

I.Confucianism has long been the mainstream of traditional Chinese culture,as well as a major component of Eastern and world culture.We can see that Confucianism has existed for 2,500 years since it was founded by Confucius in the late 6th and early 5th centuries BC.Over this very long pe     

The Chinese Model of Human Rights Protection

Good morning,
ladies and gentlemen,
I am very delighted to be here at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels, a prestigious and privileged university in this beautiful country of Belgium, to discuss the issue of human fights pro- tection with you today. Human fights are great, and respect for and protection of them have been a long-cherished common aspiration and pursuit of the peoples of all nations in the world. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, issued 61 years ago, proclaims the protection of human fights to be ＂a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations.＂     

The Chinese Vision for Digital Human Rights

<正>Under the tremendous impetus of the information revolution, humanity is transitioning from an industrial society to a digital society, and digital human rights have become a prominent global issue. Guided by the strategies of “Rule of Law in China”and “Digital China,” China’s digital legal construction has made significant achievements with distinctive features. This implies that China will also play a more important role and have a greater impact in the field of digital human rights. T...     

On All-round Development of Human Rights in China

In October 2003, the Third Plenary Session of the Sixteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) called for adherence to "the outlook toward development based on the fundamental interests of the people, toward an all-round, balanced and sustainable development." The session also     

Cultural Diversity and Human Rights Development in Asia

Asia is an area filled with vigor and vitality and also conflicts, an area that ＂takes pride in its rich cultures, religions and diversity.＂More and more statesmen and scholars are watching closely the human rights conditions in the changing Asia. Asia is no longer a concept in its economic, cultural and geographical sense. It has become a regional community that has had an important impact on the human rights development in the world. In the 21 st century filled with challenges and hopes, people want to see not only an economically prosperous Asia but also an Asia community with increasing humanistic spirit and pursuit for constitutionalist values.     

Recent Development of Human Rights Protection in China

Since 1949, China has achieved great progress in human rights protection. We also experienced some big setbacks such as the Cultural Revolution. China redirected itself to a proper course of healthy human rights development from 1978. But during the time of 1983 to 1990, our concept of human rights fell behind world civilization greatly; the mainstream concept of human rights in China was that "the term of human rights is a pure slogan of western society." China should not adopt it. Theturni…     

New ID Card Stresses Constitutional Rights

ID cards are de Rigueur worldwide. The majority of countries have some kind of national identification system. A small card makes it easier for people to identify themesleves and to take part in social, political and other activities. But absuse or "authorized" abuse of the card may also cause problems and even encroach upon the basic rights of citizens. China introduced the national identification system in 1985, when regulations on what was then called "residence identification card" were enacted. Over the past 18 years, the country has issued 1.14 billion ID cards and the number of actual card holders has reached 980 million.     

Scientific Approach to Development and Human Rights

The Third Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in October 2003 put forward a scientific approach of people-centered, all-round, coordinated and sustainable development and made it a strategy for governing the country, putting it in command of all economic and social development. Since reform and opening up in 1978, China has persisted in the central task of economic development and put development in the first place. The evolution of the concept "development is the     

Building a Sustainable Environment for Human Rights Development; Earnestly Respecting and Ensuring Human Rights

<正>Constructing an environ-ment for human rightsdevelopment is a large,com-prehensive project as well asa long and arduous mission.Althoughconstructing an environment for humanrights development was not mentionedmuch in the past,in actuality it beganearly and achieved sustained progress.It is a gradual process that is also a pre-requisite for earnestly respecting andensuring human rights.There are fivedimensions to building a sustainableenvironment for human rights develop-ment.First,creating a political environ-ment in which great attention is paidto human rights.With the thriving and     

Exploration of Human Rights by Chinese Communist Pioneers

The Communist Party of China (CPC) ascended the stage of history holding high the banner of human rights. From the moment of its establishment, the Party has inscribed manifestly on its banner the principle of striving for human rights for the public.     

Building Incubators for Chinese Socialist Human Rights Values

<正>Cui Yuying,vice-minister of the State Council Information Office,at the ceremony announcing the second group of national human rights education and training bases,July 22,2014 we are announcing the second group of national human rights education and training bases,which is a significant as well     

论刑事法律援助的具体对象——以司法公正与人权保障为中心

刑事法律援助对象是指在刑事诉讼中有权或有资格申请并获得刑事法律援助的人。学理上,刑事法律援助对象（即受援人）是刑事法律援助法律关系中的主体之一,是刑事法律援助权利的享有人,