Chinese Delegation attends the UN Human Rights Council 51st Session

Introduction

The 51st regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) was held between September 12 and October 7, 2022. During the session, Chinese representatives shared China's wisdom for protecting and promoting human rights in the world. After a series of talks on the right to development, representatives agreed that establishing a new global deal underpinned by solidarity and cooperation would help rebuild trust between people and governments, combat inequality, and create the appropriate environment for realizing the right to development.

CSHRS attends the UN Human Rights Council 51st Session

【Feature】Statements delivered by CSHRS members at the 51st Session of the UN Human Rights Council

Politicization of human rights denounced

Experts at an online human rights event called for eliminating the negative impact of the politicization of human rights and promoting the healthy development of international human rights causes through cooperation and dialogue. [more..]

Scholars discuss plateau protection

Legal scholars from different countries shared their views on the development of environmental protection legislation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau recently. Speaking at a sideline meeting of the ongoing 51st Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, they discussed the plateau's high-quality development.[more..]

OHCHR report on Xinjiang is depressing and unacceptable

Xinjiang hits back over UN assessment

The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has said that it will not accept investigations by the international community into its alleged human rights issues following the release of a recent United Nations report on the region that it says is based on false information and rumors, a spokesman for the regional government said.[more..]

Xinjiang 'genocide' claims debunked by world bodies

The much-awaited UN report on "human rights abuses" in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has made no mention of genocide in the northwestern region of China, and the Uyghur Tribunal, a people's tribunal, has said that claims of genocide by then-US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and his successor, Antony Blinken, have been made without evidence and foundation.[more..]

OHCHR report on Xinjiang is depressing in every sense

UN Human Rights Council rejects debate over Xinjiang

Experts: Politicizing Xinjiang futile

Politicizing human rights and practicing double standards are deeply unpopular and attempts to use Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region-related issues to suppress or contain China will get nowhere, officials and scholars said after the United Nations human rights body rejected a Western bid to debate such issues.[more..]

The United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday rejected a Xinjiang-related draft decision, which a Chinese envoy in Geneva described as "with real intention to take advantage of UN human rights bodies to interfere in China's internal affairs and use Xinjiang-related issues to contain China."[more..]

Right to development highlighted during this session

Roundup: UN rights body reiterates commitment to development as human right

The UN Human Rights Council on September 15 held talks on the right to development, with many speakers reiterating their commitment to protecting it as a fundamental human right. [more..]

Why has it become a consensus in China that the rights to subsistence and development are primary fundamental human rights?

The rights to subsistence and development are rights that every human being should enjoy as considerations of basic dignity, fundamentally significant to their survival and personal development. They are two basic human rights which should be applied in all countries and for all people. [more..]

UN report exposes negative effects of racism on right to development

China urges some western countries to stop human rights violations

China urges U.S., Canada to guarantee Indigenous people's rights

Ministry decries double standards of West

A Foreign Ministry spokesman criticized a handful of Western countries on Tuesday for practicing double standards and political maneuvers on human rights issues, saying it is crystal clear to the international community that these countries attempt to use human rights issues to interfere in China's domestic affairs.[more..]

China condemns U.S. arbitrary detention of migrants at UN session

China strongly condemned the long-standing issue of arbitrary detention of migrants by the United States at the 51st regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Vienna.[more..]

China's wisdom for promoting human rights in the world

China opposes unilateral sanctions imposed by U.S. and Western countries at UN session

China opposed the illegal unilateral sanctions imposed by the U.S. and certain Western countries at the 51st regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Vienna on Sept. 14.[more..]

Pandemic exposes threat to human rights from inequality, China's ambassador tells UN

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed inequalities that pose a serious threat to the human rights of those living in the development world, China has warned. Addressing the UN Human Rights Council on behalf of a group of countries, China's ambassador Chen Xu said not enough focus had been placed on under-investment in economic, social, cultural rights and the right to development.[more..]

Chinese envoy calls for respect to state's right to choose human rights development path

Side events held by Chinese NGOs

Security is premise of Xinjiang progress

Nation always upholds people-centered rights

China has always upheld the people-centered perspective on human rights and takes the path to effectively meet the people's ever-growing need for a better life, experts said at an online meeting on Sept. 26. [more..]

Human Rights in China: Seminar explores practices in 'people-centered philosophy'

Dozens of experts have exchanged views on what China calls people-centered philosophy in human rights development. Participants explored practices in the online seminar, hosted by the China Foundation for Human Rights. The NGO is focused on international exchanges, cooperation and educational research. The organization's head Zuo Feng spoke about China's efforts and contributions.[more..]