HAO Ya-ming

 

Abstract: Facing the complex situation of the world economy and global problems, no country can cope with them alone. The international community has increasingly become an interconnected whole, hence the concept of a community of Shared future for mankind has emerged. Taking human rights issues as an example, the current global human rights issues reflect the three characteristics of seriousness, universality and relevance. These characteristics determine that the way out for human rights issues lies in global governance, through communication and cooperation to enhance the common interests of mankind.

 

From the perspective of a community of Shared future for mankind, it is pointed out that human beings share common goals and interests on human rights issues, and all countries in the world should work together in global human rights governance.

 

At the same time, we must recognize that the diversity of human civilizations is a basic feature of the world. The diversity of world civilizations may be embodied in different stages of social development, different historical and cultural backgrounds, different national development paths and different value systems of civilizations. This difference may bring two major tensions to global human rights governance.

 

The first is the difference in the meaning of human rights theory; the other is the difference in the choice of human rights protection path. If these differences and antagonisms cannot be properly handled, they may lead to confrontation and struggle in global human rights governance and threaten the fundamental interests of the community of Shared future for mankind. In a sense, the difference in understanding between the theory and practice of human rights is the concentrated embodiment of the diversity of world civilization.

 

Diversity of world civilizations is the realistic basis for building a community of shared future for mankind. In the process of global human rights governance, we should not only respect this realistic basis, but also make good use of it. If we fail to properly handle the relationship between the community of Shared future for mankind and the diversity of world civilizations, global human rights governance will not proceed smoothly. Ignoring diversity and demanding uniformity may backfire.

 

Key words: a community of shared future for mankind; global human rights governance; diversity of world civilizations