This book focuses on China’s evolution in the field of human rights protection, highlighting its achievements in various systems of human rights protection, as well as its role in international human rights governance and the healthy development of human rights. From the perspective of China’s human rights protection, starting with various types of citizens, e.g. women, children and the disabled, the book analyzes and discusses the changes and major events in the country’s human rights development path one by one, while also explaining the Chinese stance on human rights development. China is becoming more active in the international human rights cooperation field, playing its unique and constructive role and serving as the participant, builder and contributor of the international human rights governance.
Author(s): Huawen Liu
Series: China Insights
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 238
City: Singapore
Series Foreword
Contents
The Chinese Dream and the Chinese Road of Human Rights Development
The Chinese Dream Is Also a Human Rights Dream
Three Dimensions of the Chinese Road of Human Rights Development: The Rule of Law, Development and Human Rights
40 Years of Reform and Opening-Up and the Road of Human Rights Development in China
References
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as the “Second Generation of Human Rights”
Measures for Safeguarding Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Achievements and Challenges
References
Civil and Political Rights
Civil and Political Rights as the First-Generation Human Rights
Measures for Safeguarding Civil and Political Rights
Achievements and Challenges
References
Women’s Rights
Women’s Rights as Human Rights
Measures Taken by China for the Protection of Women’s Rights
Achievements and Challenges
References
The Right of the Child
The Rights of the Child Are Human Rights
Measures for the Protection of the Rights of the Child
Achievements and Challenges
References
Rights of Ethnic Minorities
The System of Regional Ethnic Autonomy as a Basic Political System in China
Measures for the Protection of Rights of Ethnic Minorities
Achievements and Challenges
References
The Rights of the Elderly
The New Concept of Protection of the Rights of the Elderly
Measures Taken by China for the Protection of the Rights of Older Persons
Achievements and Challenges
References
Rights of Persons with Disabilities
A New Understanding of the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Measures Taken by China for Protecting the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Achievements and Challenges
References
China and International Human Rights Governance
The United Nations and the Mainstreaming of Human Rights
China’s Active Participation in the UN Human Rights Work
Actively Promoting International Human Rights Governance
References
Bibliography
Index
