On July 25th, the second China-Latin America and Caribbean States Roundtable on Human Rights with the theme “China-Latin America Community with a Shared Future and the Development of Human Rights” was held in São Paulo, Brazil. Over 130 officials, experts, scholars, and representatives from relevant social organizations, think tanks, and media in China and Latin America and the Caribbean participated in the discussions on issues such as human rights protection in the digital age, environment, climate and human rights, and the contributions of China and Latin America to global human rights governance, reaching broad consensus.

Wang Wen, dean of the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies and dean of School of Global Leadership at Renmin University of China, presides over the opening ceremony. (Photo provided by the organizers)

Wang Yanwen, deputy secretary-general of China Society for Human Rights Studies, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony. (Photo provided by the organizers)

Zhang Donggang, chair of the University Council, Renmin University of China, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony. (Photo provided by the organizers)

César Martins, vice rector of São Paulo State University, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony. (Photo provided by the organizers)

Yu Peng, consul general of China in São Paulo, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony. (Photo provided by the organizers)

Arley Nichaul Salimbi Gill, chairman of the Grenada National Reparations Committee, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony. (Photo provided by the organizers)

Shaira Natasha Downs Morgan, member of the National Assembly and chair of the Committee on Indigenous, Afro-descendant and Autonomous Regions Affairs of the Republic of Nicaragua, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony. (Photo provided by the organizers)

Anne Luise de Amorim, ESG manager of State Grid Brazil Holding, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony. (Photo provided by the organizers)