Human Rights and Whole-Process People's Democracy

Robert Lawrence Kuhn

 

Human rights are the most important challenge for the international community. Enhancing Whole-Process People’s Democracy enhances human rights. President Xi calls for upholding and improving the people's congress system, stressing properly and effectively exercising their power of oversight. I like to stress the increasing role of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in the development of deliberative and consultative democracy. The Party is the ruling organization, not a competing political party. The Party, as the ruling organization, is not the equivalent of a ruling political party in Western systems. For China, poverty alleviation exemplifies human rights.  And for the Party, to develop both human rights and democracy is both a mission and a challenge.