Universal Periodic Review： Development of the United Nations＇ Human Rights Monitoring Mechanism

On March 15, 2006, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 60/251 to create a 47-member Human Rights Council （the Council） in replacement of a 60-year-old Commission on Human Rights （the Commission）. The Universal Periodic Review （UPR） is an important mechanism and power that the resolution imparted to .the Council. It ensures that all UN member states are subject to review in their fulfillment of human rights obligations and commitments. Generally, as an institute trader guidance of the UN General Assembly to coordinate the UN human rights activities, the Council has undergone considerable changes and development from its predecessor the Commission in its responsibilities,     

Guardian Correspondent： China Is the ＂Greatest Place for Foreign Journalists＂

＂I have worked in ten countries as a reporter and been posted in two, China and Japan,＂ said Jonathan Watts, correspondent of The Guardian in Beijing. ＂I think China is the greatest place for journalists.＂     

The Profound Revelation of Human Social Relations and the Profound Realization of Information Right of Citizens--The social significance of network technique advancement in the perspective of ＂Entity Cube＂

The R＆D group of relationship searching in Microsoft Asia Research Institute explains ＂Entity Cube＂ launched in 2008 as follows：     

Work Hard to Enrich and Bring to Perfection ＂China Model＂ of Human Rights Protection

These are excerpts of the speech President Luo Haocai delivered at the Second National Work-Experience Exchange Conference of Human Rights Research Organizations on April 28, 2010.     

The Value and Realization of Human Dignity

I.Introduction Human dignity manifests itself as respect for the humanity of all individuals.Currently,China is in the historical period of transforming from "national prosperity" to "putting people first." Respecting and protecting human dignity marks its beginning and serves as its objective.Analysis of the value of human dignity and investigation into realistic approaches to protect human dignity will be of practical and     

Public Interests Litigation： New Way of Protecting Women＇s Rights

1. Current Conditions
Since the founding of New China, especially since reform and opening up, China has made tremendous progress in protecting the rights of women. However, there also arises a new situation in which women do not have adequate participation in democracy and political power and their participation in state affairs is not in positive proportion to the social status they enjoy and the role they display in the society;     

论著作权合理使用制度的适用范围

由于合理使用处在权利与限制的交界处,其适用范围的任何变化,都可能重塑著作权法。面对新技术的冲击,在确定合理使用的适用范围时,不能因技术的便利而干涉著作权市场对信息资源的配置,而应恪守合理使用最初的立法理由,将其定位为对市场失灵的弥补,在利用行为有助于公共利益的基础上,考察其是否符合交易不能或正外部性市场失灵,同时把对作品潜在市场的影响视为最关键的判断标准。这不但维护了著作权的私权属性,更是界定合理使用适用范围的最佳路径。     

Standards for privacy of individually identifiable health information. Final rule

The Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS' or "Department') modifies certain standards in the Rule entitled "Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information' ("Privacy Rule'). The Privacy Rule implements the privacy requirements of the Administrative Simplification subtitle of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. The purpose of these modifications is to maintain strong protections for the privacy of individually identifiable health information while clarifying certain of the Privacy Rule's provisions, addressing the unintended negative effects of the Privacy Rule on health care quality or access to health care, and relieving unintended administrative burdens created by the Privacy Rule.