Deepening Reform,Enhancing Human Rights Development——Summary of the Symposium on Human Rights Construction and Reform

<正>At the end of 2013,theGraduate School of theC h i n a U n i v e r s i t y o fPolitical Science and Laworganized a symposium on HumanRights Construction and Reform andactivities at the university in com-memoration of the 65th anniversaryof the adoption of the UniversalDeclaration of Human Rights.LuoHaocai,who was vice chairmanof the 10th National Committeeof the Chinese People’s PoliticalConsultative Conference and presi-dent of the China Society for HumanRights Studies(CSHRS),PresidentHuang Jin of the China Universityof Political Science and Law,andnearly 50 scholars from the Civil andCommercial Law School,China-EUSchool of Law and the InternationalInstitute of Confucianism also at-     

The Focus on “Deeply Studying and Implementing the Spirit of the 20th Rights Development” CPC National Congress and Adhering to the Chinese Path of Human

on November 8, 2022, the China Society for Human Rights Studies held a seminar in Beijing on “Deeply Studying and Implementing the Spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress and Adhering to the Chinese Path of Human Rights Development”. Padma Choling, vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress and president of the China Society for Human Rights Studies, addressed the event. The participating experts and scholars focused on studying and implementing the spirit of t...     

Human Rights Education in the Perspective of International Human Rights Law

In a statement issued on the 2004 World Human Rights Day, Ms. Louse Arbour, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, described human rights education as a strategy for attainment of "human rights for all," as a basic means for developing a universal culture of human rights, as an instrument for promoting equality and involvement of the people in decision-mak-ing under democratic mechanisms, and as an investment to prevent infringements upon human rights and to ward off conflicts of violence. It should be noted that so much importance attached by UN human rights organ to human rights education epitomizes the empowering characters of human rights education and the functions it performs in the global human rights system.     

Build Asian Consensus on Human Rights,Promote — Overview of Academic Viewpoints at the Asian Forum on Human Rights 2022

The Asian Forum on Human Rights was held at the Renmin University of China(RUC) from November 26 to 27, 2022.With the theme “Environment, Climate Change and Human Rights,”the event consisted of 12 sub-forums. The forum was hosted by RUC and jointly organized by the RUC Law School, RUC School of Global Governance, Human Rights Center of RUC, RUC Asia-Pacific Institute of Law, and RUC Center for Coordination and Innovation of Food Safety Governance. The forum focused on discussing topics related t...     

Human Rights Consensus and the Common Prosperity of Civilizations——A Summary of Views at the “2018·China-Europe Seminar on Human Rights”

The "2018·China-Europe Seminar on Human Rights" was successfully held at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, on June 28. The seminar was hosted by the China Society for Human Rights Studies and the International Institute of Human Rights, and was organized by the Human Rights Institute at the Southwest University of Political Science and Law and the French ADELIE Language and Cultural Exchange Association. The University of Strasbourg, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and European Institute for Political and Strategic Communication were served as co-organizers. Over 60 experts and scholars in the field of human rights from China and Europe attended the seminar in search of the diversity of civilization and human rights protection, focusing on themes such as "the philosophy of human rights in a Chinese context", "the philosophy of human rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its reflection", "human rights theory and practice in a pluralistic world", "human rights exchanges and dialogues under the diversity of civilization", and "in search of human rights consensus in diverse civilizations." In the context of respecting diversity, the seminar sought a consensus to promote trans-cultural communication in the form of dialogues and to strengthen understanding between the academic circles of China and Europe.     

Address by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Ms. Louise Arbour at the Opening Ceremony of the 13th Annual Workshop of the Framework on Regional Cooperation for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region

State Councilor Tang, Excellencies, Ministers, Distinguished Representatives and Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is my great pleasure to open this Annual Workshop on Regional Cooperation for the Pro- motion and Protection of Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region. I would like to thank warmly the Government of the People's Republic of China for hosting this Workshop and for the generous hospitality extend- ed to all of us here today. While this is your thirteenth workshop, it i…     

Focus on the Human Rights Thought of the Communist Party of China in the New Era——Learning from General Secretary Xi Jinping's congratulatory Letters on Human Rights

<正>As socialism with Chinese characteristics enters a new era, so do have human rights in China. General Secretary of Communist party of China Central Committee Xi Jinping, for has sent a congratulatory letter to the 2015 Beijing Forum on Human Rights for four consecutive years from 2015 to 2018, and he addressed the International Seminar on the 30th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Declaration on the Right     

Human Rights NGOs and the United Nations Human Rights Council——Participation by the China Society for Human Rights Studies in the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism

<正>Since its founding in 1993,the China Society for Human Rights Studies(CSHRS)has extensively participated in the human rights work of the United Nations(UN)and has actively carried out international exchange and coop-eration.In May 2012,the UN Human Rights Council(UNHRC)initiated the second round of country reviews on human rights.As China’s biggest hu-man rights research organization and enjoying special consultative status within the UN Economic and Social Council,CSHRS organized the com-pilation of an NGO shadow report and     

Construction of Environment for Sustainable Human Rights Development

Today,we are gathered to welcome the opening of the Sixth Beijing Forum on Human Rights,which is co-sponsored by the China Society for Human Rights Studies and the China Foundation for Human Rights Development.Undoubtedly it is of positive significance that human rights experts and scholars in the international human rights ield from many countries in the world have assembled together in this golden season to plan human rights development.On behalf of the State Council     

Promoting Human Rights Or Creating Confrontation?——On U.S. State Department''''s Human Rights Report

The U.S. State Department published on June 24, 2003 a report entitled Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2002-2003. The report for the first time highlights the U.S. efforts to "promote human rights and democracy" in 92 countries and entities—the 92 claimed to have "the most human rights abuses"—in addition to its annual country report that heaps on accusations against 196 countries and entities for what it calls their human rights conditions.     

National Human Rights Action Pland Human Rights Education

On April 13, 2009, the Information Office of the State Council （IOSC） published the National Human Rights Action Plan of China （2009-2010）, which caused a widespread repercussion in China and the world over and won favorable comments. It was generally acknowledged that the publication and implementation of the Action Plan would help the entire Chinese society enhance its awareness of human rights protection and usher in an all- round development of China＇s human rights cause.     

人权的正当性——一种社会历史境域式论证路径的探究

人权的诞生在本质上是一种道德评判标准的诞生,是人们对现实世界不满又饱含理想追求的价值符号话语,人权的存在只是作为一种价值标准的话语事实存在,它不是制度事实.西方传统对于人权的正当性论证都有其无法克服的逻辑基础困惑.人权的正当性只有在具体社会历史境域中才能证成,论证路径必须完成从理性逻辑到历史境域、从事实人权到人权信仰、从绝对人权到相对人权的转向.     

National Human Rights Action Plan and Human Rights Education

On April 13, 2009, the Information Office of the State Council (IOSC) published the National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2009-2010), which caused a widespread repercussion in China and the world over and won     

Strengthen the Legal Protection of Human Rights and Promote the Development of Human Rights Cause

<正>The 19~(th) National Congress of the Communist Party of China established Xi Jinping’s socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics in a new era,and opened up a new era for the socialist construction with Chinese characteristics.This indicates the direction for China’s human rights cause to move towards a new era,which has laid     

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,     

International Human Rights Mechanism and Construction of Harmonious Human Rights Relations

The international human rights mechanism is a product of the pursuit for peace and justice of the human society.As the core values of the internation- al human rights mechanism,the universal human rights standards provide the international community with a basic path of human rights development in different countries.In recent years a limited few of countries have utilized the universal human rights standards to promote their own strategic wills,and interfere in the     

Promoting Human Rights

Editor's note: The following is the full speech by Minister of the State Council Information O ce Wang Chen at the opening ceremony of the Third Beijing Human Rights Forum on Oct. 19.Your Excellency President Luo Haocai, Distinguished guests, ladies, gentlemen and friends,Good morning!On     

中国共产党对推进中国人权事业的伟大贡献

人权的根本问题 ,是人在自然界和人类社会的生存权和发展权 ,亦即人类真正掌握自己命运的权利。人类对自己命运的掌握是同人类自身的生存、发展和完善紧密相连的 ,这包括政治、经济、文化、教育等诸多方面。中国共产党领导人民从自己的历史和国情出发 ,根据长期的实践经验 ,形成了具有广泛、公平、真实特性的人权理论 ,并在革命和建设过程中付之实践 ,从而极大地推进了中国的人权建设事业。     

Human Rights Guaranteed

<正>Report says China’s human rights plan successfully implemented According to a detailed assessment report published by China’s State Council Information Office (SCIO),all the measures outlined in the National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2009-10) had been successfully put into place by the end of 2010.