With Its Latest Human Rights Council Resolution, China Continues Its Assault on the UN Human Rights Framework

April 9, 2018 This article originally appeared on the China Change website, available here: https://chinachange.org/2018/04/09/with-its-latest-human-rights-council-resolution-china-continues-its-assault-on-the-un-human-rights-framework/ Andréa Worden, 4/9/2018 Xi Jinping addressing the UN General assembly in 2015. During the past year, China, supported by authoritarian allies like Russia, Turkey and Egypt, has taken an increasingly aggressive anti-human rights posture at the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) … Continue reading With Its Latest Human Rights Council Resolution, China Continues Its Assault on the UN Human Rights Framework

As the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders Turns 20, China Wages a Multi-Pronged Attack on Rights Defenders

This article originally appeared on the China Change website, available here: https://chinachange.org/2018/03/14/as-the-un-declaration-on-human-rights-defenders-turns-20-china-wages-a-multi-pronged-attack-on-rights-defenders By Andréa Worden, March 14, 2018 “Everyone has the right, individually and in association with others, to promote and to strive for the protection and realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms.” –– UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders The Chinese government attacks human rights defenders … Continue reading As the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders Turns 20, China Wages a Multi-Pronged Attack on Rights Defenders

This article originally appeared on the China Change website, available here: https://chinachange.org/2017/10/09/china-pushes-human-rights-with-chinese-characteristics-at-the-un/ Andréa Worden, October 9, 2017 Xi Jinping in Geneva, January 2017. Photo: UN Geneva In January 2017, after his success at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Xi Jinping traveled to Geneva to deliver a rare, invitation-only speech at the UN’s Palais des Nations. Most of the … Continue reading China Pushes ‘Human Rights With Chinese Characteristics’ at the UN