Symposium on Lawyers＇ Role in Pretrial Procedures

More than 70 law experts, lawyers and prosecutors attended a symposium held in Beijing of late on the role lawyers should play in pre-trial procedures. The symposium was sponsored jointly by the State Institute for Prosecutors, the Center for Research of Procedural Laws under the China Political Science and Law University and the Criminal Defense Committee of the All-China Lawyers' Association. This report highlights the debate that took place during the symposium. 1. The Meaning and Significance of     

Representatives of CSHRS,IUSY Talk

<正>Ana Pirtskhalava and SamuelMuyizzi,vice presidents ofthe international Union ofSocialist Youth(iUSY),visited theChina Society for human RightsStudies(CShRS)and talked toChinese experts on Jan.22,2014.Zhang Xiaoling,CShRS memberand director of the human RightsResearch Center of the Party Schoolof the Central Committee of theCommunist Party of China,andZhang Yun,director of the historyinstitute of the China TibetologyResearch Center,discussed human     

Second Group of National Human Rights Education and Training Bases Established

<正>The Ministry of Education and the State Council Information Office on July 22 announced the second group of national human rights education and training bases,including the Human Rights Research Center at Renmin University of China,the Human Rights Research     

Second National Convention on University Human Rights Education Held in Beijing

The Second China Convention on Human Rights Education in Universities was held on November 6-8 in Beijing. It was jointly sponsored by the Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Institute of the China University of Political Science and Law, the Norwegian Center for Human Rights at the University of Oslo, Norway, the Danish Institute for Human Rights and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at Lund University, Sweden. More than 90 researchers, scholars and human rights teachers of universities from China and other countries attended.     

Development of Tibet at New Historic Starting Point--People in Tibet greet Second Serfs Emancipation Day

March 28 of this year is the second Tibetan Serfs Emancipation Day. People of all nationalities in Tibet marked the day by hoisting the national flag and by singing and dancing. Smiles were on every face and a festive atmosphere pervaded the snowcovered plateau region.     

Broad-based Network for Protecting the Rights and Interests of Women and Children——A story about the Women’s Federation of Qinhuangdao City

The room is in utter chaos, with chairs piling up in a comer and the cable TV not connected to the power source. But one thing is put in place： a slogan on the wall ＂Creating an outstanding WFQ team for the benefit of all women and children.＂     

ICRC＇s Presence in East Asia-- An Interview with Mr. Thierry Meyrat--Director of Regional Delegation for East Asia of the ICRC

Q：Our readers are certainly fa- miliar with the ＂Red Cross＂ emblem, but maybe not so familiar with the Regional Delegation for East Asia of the International Committee of the Red Cross （ICRC）. Could you please introduce the Regional Delegation for East Asia of the ICRC？ Besides routine activities, could you please let us know what has been done by the delegation？ Could you please say something about your Chinese partner？     

Hu Jintao Visits Exhibition on Tibet Democratic Reform

Prior to the Emancipation Day for One Million Serfs in Tibet on March 28, Hu Jintao, general secretary of the Communist Party of China＇s Central Committee and state president, paid a visit to the exhibition on the 50 Years of Democratic Reform in Tibet held in the Cultural Palace of Nationalities in Beijing. Other Party and government leaders Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang also visited the exhibition separately.