On the Cooperation Between China and the Non-Aligned Movement in the Field of the Right to Development and its Prospects

GAO Zhiping & WANG Pu

Abstract: China and the Non-Aligned Movement share the same goals, a common code of conduct, and similar ideas in protecting the right to development, and the two have a solid foundation for cooperation. Both emphasize that the right to development is a basic human right, strive to elevate the right to development to a mainstream human right, and jointly advocate placing the right to development at the center of the agenda. They work together to enhance the strategic status of the right to development. Both of them have participated in the formulation of the Declaration on the Right to Development, and collaborated to improve the Declaration. They have also jointly proposed the resolution on the right to development, and supported the drafting of the Convention on the Right to Development to advance the codification of the right to development. Both of them uphold South-South cooperation and promote North-South dialogue and cooperation. They have established a support mechanism to promote international cooperation on the right to development in a coordinated manner. The cooperation between China and the Non-Aligned Movement in protecting the right to development has broken the past Western-centered paradigm of human rights development, broadened the international perspective of the human rights cause, and played a crucial role in the formation of international human rights norms. In the future, opportunities and challenges coexist for cooperation between the two sides, with promising prospects. China's cooperation with the Non-Aligned Movement in the protection of the right to development has accumulated valuable and inspirational experiences for the human rights cause of developing countries and the building of the international human rights system.

Keywords: China · non-aligned movement · right to development · human rights cooperation · South-South Cooperation