China Rallies Friends, Stifles Human Rights Criticism at U.N. Universal Periodic Review
This week, China underwent its fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the U.N. This ritual is a...
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China, COP28 Post Mixed Progress in Curbing Climate Change
This week in Dubai, after two weeks of negotiations among representatives from almost 200 countries, the COP28 climate summit closed on a “historic” note: an agreement that calls for “transitioning away” from fossil fuels in...
China Enlists Foreign Voices to Counter Human Rights Criticism Ahead of U.N. Session
Last week, the U.N. Human Rights Council began its 53rd session in Geneva, where country representatives will spend four weeks scrutinizing one anothers’ human rights records. China is a major presence, given the former U.N....
U.N. Experts and Activists Sound Alarm Over Forced Assimilation and Coercive DNA Collection in Tibet
This week, three U.N. human rights experts stated that roughly one million Tibetan children have been separated from their families and put into state-run boarding schools in an ongoing effort by the Chinese government to...
Under Diplomatic Pressure, China Sends Mixed Signals About Its Support to Russia
At the closing of the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, world leaders congratulated themselves on having achieved a rare moment of unity: issuing a joint statement that “deplores in the strongest terms the aggression by the Russian...
U.N. Human Rights Council Declines Debate on Xinjiang Report
On Thursday, the U.N. Human Rights Council voted against a motion to debate the human rights situation in Xinjiang. The vote, occurring one month after then-U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet released a...
UN Report: “Serious Human Rights Violations” in Xinjiang May Constitute Crimes Against Humanity
With about ten minutes to midnight on her last day as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet finally released her long-overdue report on Xinjiang. The 46-page report concluded that the Chinese government has...
Amid International Outcry, China Vies for U.N. Human Rights Council Seat
The United Nations General Assembly will vote next week for 15 seats on the U.N. Human Rights Council. The council consists of 47 countries, elected annually for staggered three-year terms. Members vie for seats within their...
Andréa Worden: China’s Win-win at the UN Human Rights Council: Just Not for Human Rights
The following is an excerpt of an article titled “China’s win-win at the UN Human Rights Council: Just not for human rights” by Andréa Worden. Read the full text of the article at Project Sinopsis. Before the Human...
World Health Organization Funding Threat May Help China Boost Influence
U.S. president Donald Trump announced this week that he would suspend American funding to the World Health Organization while launching an investigation into its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The WHO has come under fire...
Experts Renew Call for Probe Into Death of Cao Shunli
On March 14, 2014, lawyer and rights activist Cao Shunli died after being denied medical treatment...
Xinjiang Camps Scrutinized at U.N. Rights Review
In Geneva on Tuesday, China faced its third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on human rights. UN...
Report Details Interference in U.N. Rights Mechanisms
In recent years, China has faced repeated accusations of interfering with human rights work by and...
China Responds to South China Sea Ruling
On Tuesday, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) announced the final decision in a case...
At U.N. China Criticizes U.S., Urges Dalai Lama Boycott
At a meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva on Thursday, China received criticism from...
U.N. Climate Talks Extended as Smog Swallows Beijing
The U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris has been extended by one day after parties...
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