This co-authored opinion piece (with Rob Berchinski) for Just Security originally appeared here (3/23/20): https://www.justsecurity.org/69323/pompeos-commission-on-unalienable-rights-looks-to-be-a-win-win-for-china/ by Rob Berschinski and Andréa WordenMarch 23, 2020 Having now likely ended its series of public hearings, the State Department’s Commission on Unalienable Rights largely confirmed the concerns of hundreds of human rights organizations, former government officials, advocates, and scholars who recommended in July 2019 that … Continue reading Pompeo’s Commission on Unalienable Rights Looks to Be a “Win-Win” for China
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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
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
China Pushes ‘Human Rights With Chinese Characteristics’ at the UN
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
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