This article originally appeared on the China Change website, available here: https://chinachange.org/2020/02/19/the-2019-south-south-human-rights-forum-china-gathers-steam-in-its-bid-to-redefine-the-concept-of-human-rights/ Andréa Worden, February 19, 2020 “Thank you, China” –– these words were often said by participants of the South-South Human Rights Forum –– Xinhua, 12/11/19 The Chinese Party-state held the second South-South Human Rights Forum (SSHRF) in Beijing on December 10-11, 2019. Underlying the 2019 SSHRF was the Beijing Declaration, a … Continue reading The 2019 South-South Human Rights Forum: China Gathers Steam in Its Bid to Redefine the Concept of Human Rights
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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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