Co-authored piece by Andréa Worden and Rana Siu Inboden in The Diplomat, 10/9/2024 Despite its name, this group, which includes many of the world’s most repressive regimes, is actually a coalition to undermine U.N. principles. https://thediplomat.com/2024/10/unmasking-the-group-of-friends-in-defense-of-the-united-nations-charter/
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The Gaslit Games: Xi Jinping, Thomas Bach, and António Guterres are Driving the Olympic Movement Toward a Shared Authoritarian Future
By Andréa Worden Originally published on China Change, February 2, 2022 “The Olympics and Paralympics send a fantastic message of ‘peace and of mutual respect between people of all cultures, all civilizations and all ethnicities,’ said Guterres, days before his trip to China to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics... It is … Continue reading The Gaslit Games: Xi Jinping, Thomas Bach, and António Guterres are Driving the Olympic Movement Toward a Shared Authoritarian Future
The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee: A new tool in China’s anti-human rights strategy
Andréa Worden, August 6, 2019 Paper presented at the workshop “Mapping China’s footprint in the world II”, organised by Sinopsis and the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Published by Sinopsis. Introduction and background In the first two resolutions the PRC sponsored and shepherded through to adoption in the Human Rights Council (June … Continue reading The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee: A new tool in China’s anti-human rights strategy
The CCP at the UN: Redefining development and rights
How the Belt and Road Initiative threatens to undermine the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This article originally appeared on the "Sinopsis" website: https://sinopsis.cz/en/the-ccp-at-the-un-redefining-development-and-rights/ This article is also available for download. Human rights and civil society — essential for the success of the 2030 AgendaThe PRC’s view: Right to (state-led) development is sufficient to achieve the SDGsChina (and … Continue reading The CCP at the UN: Redefining development and rights
How China is gradually dominating the world: We are losing the battle for what we want, says American expert (interview)
Title (in Slovak): Ako Čína postupne ovláda svet: Súboj o to, aký ho chceme my, prehrávame, tvrdí americká expertka (rozhovor). Interview by Pavol Štrba, Reporter/Editor Foreign Affairs Desk, Acktuality.sk (2/28/2021) Nemali by sme dovoliť Číne porušovať ľudské práva, aj keď na tom nič nezmeníme, hovorí v rozhovore pre Aktuality.sk americká expertka na Čínu Andrea Wordenová. … Continue reading How China is gradually dominating the world: We are losing the battle for what we want, says American expert (interview)
China at the UN Human Rights Council: Conjuring a “Community of Shared Future for Humankind”? (August 2020)
This article originally appeared on the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) website: https://www.nbr.org/publication/china-at-the-un-human-rights-council-conjuring-a-community-of-shared-future-for-humankind/ China at the UN Human Rights Council: Conjuring a “Community of Shared Future for Humankind”? by Andréa Worden August 25, 2020 This essay examines China’s engagement with the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and the methods and tactics the party-state is using to … Continue reading China at the UN Human Rights Council: Conjuring a “Community of Shared Future for Humankind”? (August 2020)
Human rights? With China, game over. The world ends with a whimper
Lidská práva? S Čínou game over. Svět skončí zakňouráním Interview by Magdalena Slezáková of the Czech news outlet, Deník N (6/15/2020) https://denikn.cz/376369/lidska-prava-s-cinou-game-over-svet-skonci-zaknouranim/ Magdalena and I spoke in English via video chat in June 2020. Her article is in Czech.
China’s win-win at the UN Human Rights Council: Just not for human rights (May 2020)
Countries that care about human rights should oppose China’s tabled resolution when the Council resumes in mid-June. This article was first published with Sinopsis (5/28/2020): https://sinopsis.cz/en/worden-win-win/ Introduction Before the Human Rights Council (HRC) suspended its 43rd session due to Covid-19 on March 13, 2020, the PRC had tabled its second resolution on ‘promoting mutually beneficial cooperation … Continue reading China’s win-win at the UN Human Rights Council: Just not for human rights (May 2020)
China Deals Another Blow to the International Human Rights Framework at its UN Universal Periodic Review
This article originally appeared on the China Change website, available here: https://chinachange.org/2018/11/25/china-deals-another-blow-to-the-international-human-rights-framework-at-its-un-universal-periodic-review/ Andréa Worden, November 25, 2018 China Review — 31st Session of Universal Periodic Review, Nov. 6, 2018, Geneva. Over the past several years, the Chinese government has steadily been promoting its own version of human rights –– “human rights with Chinese characteristics”–– at the UN, and maneuvering … Continue reading China Deals Another Blow to the International Human Rights Framework at its UN Universal Periodic Review
China Fails in its Gambit to Use the UN NGO Committee to Silence the Society for Threatened Peoples and Uyghur Activist Dolkun Isa
Originally published by China Change. Andréa Worden, July 10, 2018 Ambassador Kelley Currie, US representative to the UN Economic & Social Council, speaks. During the most recent session of the UN’s Committee on NGOs, China attempted unsuccessfully to have the Committee withdraw the NGO consultative status of the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) in connection with its support of Dolkun Isa, a human … Continue reading China Fails in its Gambit to Use the UN NGO Committee to Silence the Society for Threatened Peoples and Uyghur Activist Dolkun Isa
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