Nearly 100 countries support China's position, China's proposal becomes a resolution of the Human Rights Council
China's human rights concept resonates widely (hot dialogue)
From June 21 to July 14, the 47th meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council was held in Geneva, Switzerland.
During the period, the Chinese delegation actively promoted China's human rights concepts and achievements, urged the United States and the West to immediately face and resolve their own serious human rights problems, stop interfering in other countries' internal affairs under the guise of human rights, and called for strengthening international human rights cooperation.
China’s just position has received extensive support from the international community. Nearly a hundred countries have supported China in the Human Rights Council through joint speeches, individual speeches, and collective letters.
During the meeting, the "Contribution of Development to the Enjoyment of All Human Rights" resolution submitted by China was passed.
What are the connotations of China's human rights concept?
What human rights issues exist in the United States and Western countries?
At a time when mankind is facing multiple crises, what is the significance of the human rights concept advocated by China?
Focusing on the above-mentioned issues, our reporter interviewed three human rights theory experts.
What are the connotations of China's human rights concept?
What achievements have been made?
China proposed the resolution "Development contributes to the enjoyment of all human rights", reiterating that development has an important contribution to the enjoyment of all human rights, calling on all countries to realize people-centered development, realizing that development belongs to the people, development depends on the people, and the fruits of development are shared by the people, calling for promotion Sustainable development to better enjoy human rights.
Liu Huawen: China adheres to the people-centered human rights development concept, based on national conditions, combines the universal principle of human rights protection with the country’s reality, and is constantly updating and higher levels in the process of reform and opening up, economic development, and social progress. In order to ensure the people’s right to survival and development, the people can participate in and benefit from development and enjoy more and better human rights.
China is a successful example of promoting human rights through development.
China's development is pragmatic and gradual, comprehensive and sustainable.
China has not only made unprecedented achievements in the realization of economic, social and cultural rights, but also made remarkable progress in civil and political rights, especially judicial justice, full-process democracy, and the protection of personal freedom in accordance with the law.
Eradicating absolute poverty is a historic achievement. Building a well-off society in an all-round way has improved people's living standards. Both have laid a solid foundation for the people to enjoy human rights.
In the process of fighting the new crown pneumonia epidemic, facing the century-old health crisis of human society, China insists on the supremacy of the right to life and health. The government and society work together to achieve success in the fight against the epidemic and form a proper balance between individual human rights and collective human rights. The latest instance of.
Zhang Wanhong: The concept of human rights in China is first to put the people as the center, emphasize the supremacy of life, equal participation and shared development of all people, and ensure that all rights are fully coordinated and realized.
The foothold of this human rights concept is to build a community with a shared future for mankind, which not only respects the diversity and vulnerability of human beings, but also emphasizes the inherent dignity and equality of human beings, and finally realizes the realization of "the world under heaven" in the international human rights governance system of "harmony without difference". Clan, we live together; many groups are one, each has its own beauty."
China’s achievements in safeguarding human rights through development include: promoting economic and social development, eradicating absolute poverty, and achieving a comprehensive well-off; improving a resilient development mechanism, effectively fighting the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and restoring social stability and prosperity; emphasizing inclusive development, enhancing gender equality and specificity. Equal protection of groups; focus on sustainable development, protect residents’ environmental rights, and actively respond to global environmental crises; formulate and implement "China’s National Plan for the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development", which integrates all aspects of development experience to provide "sustainable human rights "Development" explores a set of effective models and so on.
Ning Shuguang: China has not only embarked on a human rights development path that suits its national conditions, but has also made important contributions to the global human rights cause.
China’s human rights philosophy emphasizes that human rights issues are both universal and specific.
All countries must adhere to the principle of universality of human rights and their national reality, and follow the path of human rights development that suits their own national conditions; people’s happiness is the greatest human right, and the right to survival and development are the primary basic human rights. They must coordinate and enhance the economic, political, and economic development of all people. Social, cultural, and environmental rights promote the all-round development of human beings; human rights issues are essentially the internal jurisdiction of sovereign states, but all countries in the world should promote the protection of human rights in a spirit of openness, tolerance, frankness, and cooperation; human rights protection is not the best. Only better, when human rights protection is not completed, only progress.
What are the human rights issues in Western countries?
What are the differences between Chinese and Western human rights concepts?
At this session of the Human Rights Council, a few Western countries used the banner of human rights to spread political lies and wantonly interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, which was firmly opposed by most countries.
The vast majority of developing countries have expressed serious concerns about human rights issues such as systemic racism, vaccine nationalism, human rights violations in immigration detention centers, military interventions, and unilateral coercive measures in Western countries.
Liu Huawen: Respecting and realizing human rights is the common ideal of human society.
Western developed countries originally had better foundations and conditions for the protection and realization of human rights.
However, the realization of human rights is not something that is taken for granted. It requires the government's true political will, effective human and financial input, and concrete actions.
In terms of the concept of human rights, Western countries have not fully promoted human rights as a whole, but have one-sidedly emphasized civil and political rights and individual freedom, and insufficient attention has been paid to the protection of people's livelihood and collective human rights.
When it comes to human rights actions, Western countries often lip service to the truth, and there is a huge gap between political slogans and government actions.
Zhang Wanhong: There are obvious differences between Chinese and Western human rights concepts.
Western human rights concepts lack essential elements of equality, and are deeply mired in formalism and individualism: in the efficiency-only capitalist economy, they condone the exploitation and oppression of workers; in the performance of so-called "democratic politics", they fall into value nihilism and harmony. Hypocrisy; xenophobia and exceptionalism prevail in the cultural and political identity of "allowing oneself to be universal and not allowing others to be special".
The final consequence is: systematically disregarding the fate of others, allowing all kinds of tragedies that violate human rights to occur.
The concept of human rights in China upholds socialist values, respects everyone’s dominant status as builders of the socialist cause, and adopts various measures to ensure substantive equality; deeply influenced by traditional culture, attaching importance to the power of conscience and interpersonal care, will help overcome atomic individualism The indifference and discrimination caused by it; the organic combination of rule of law, rule of morality, and autonomy is emphasized to provide a good example for social unity and good governance; “harmony without difference” is emphasized, multilateralism is advocated in international human rights governance, dialogue and cooperation are advocated, and the logic of the Cold War is opposed Double standard.
Ning Shuguang: The United States embodies the human rights problems existing in Western countries. Typical manifestations are: systemic racism and racial discrimination; illegal military interference in other countries, indiscriminate killing of civilians, committing serious war crimes and crimes against humanity; ignoring people’s right to life and The right to health has failed to effectively control the epidemic; the human rights issue has been used as a political tool and ideologically drawn to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries.
There is a certain consensus in the pursuit of human rights between China and the West in terms of ideal goals and value content, but due to factors such as historical background, social systems, cultural traditions, and economic development, the differences are also obvious.
On the whole, China emphasizes the priority of solving people's livelihood issues, the balanced development of various human rights, and the social nature of human beings, and emphasizes the interrelationship between individual rights and collective rights, as well as rights and obligations.
Western countries put more emphasis on political rights and the natural attributes of people, and pay more attention to individual rights.
In addition, China believes that the protection of human rights is the internal affair of sovereign countries, while Western countries advocate "human rights above sovereignty" and often use human rights issues as a political tool to suppress other countries.
Under the current international situation, what is the significance of China's human rights concept?
The Chinese representative put forward a series of cooperation initiatives at this session of the Human Rights Council, calling on all countries to pay more attention to poverty reduction and calling on all countries to strengthen their social security systems.
China took the lead in making joint speeches on "promoting equitable global vaccine distribution", "eliminating poverty and promoting human rights", "promoting equality and protecting vulnerable groups", and received active support and response from developing countries.
Liu Huawen: In today's world, the development of new technologies and globalization are the general trend. The realization of human rights will have better conditions and foundations, but it also faces unprecedented crises and challenges.
The new crown pneumonia epidemic has made this challenge even more prominent.
International human rights governance requires new propositions and new plans to respond to the question of the age of "what's wrong with the world and where will mankind go".
China has always emphasized cooperation to promote development and development to promote human rights, that is, on the basis of equality and mutual respect, constructive dialogue, exchanges and cooperation are carried out to promote the progress of human rights in a comprehensive, gradual and pragmatic manner in the process of achieving sustainable development.
China’s proposition on international human rights governance is clearly different from the West’s double standards and politicization of human rights in the field of human rights. It conforms to the needs and trends of the times, and has received widespread response and support from the international community, especially from developing countries.
Zhang Wanhong: Under the crisis of the epidemic, China reaffirmed its "development's contribution to human rights", intending to emphasize: through consultation, joint contribution and shared development, major human rights issues facing mankind should be resolved; human society should increase unity and strengthen international cooperation and assistance. Eliminate poverty and inequality, promote social inclusive development, and equip members of society with the resilience to deal with major risks.
The reason why China’s initiative is welcomed by the developing countries is that it responds to the urgent problems of vaccine shortage, extreme poverty, famine, refugees and other human rights protection issues in developing countries that need to be resolved. It also responds to the joint construction of international human rights through multilateral cooperation. Govern the new order and continuously transform the concept of a community of shared future for mankind into the realistic needs of the era of sustainable development.
Ning Shuguang: The new crown pneumonia epidemic has brought challenges to all countries in the world.
For developing countries with relatively backward economies, weaker technology and weaker ability to resist risks, the challenge posed by the epidemic is even more severe.
At this critical period, China actively assumes international responsibilities, reaffirms the important contribution of development to the enjoyment of all human rights, and calls on the world to strengthen solidarity and cooperation, work together to defeat the epidemic, and vigorously promote sustainable development, which will help all parties to build consensus and jointly promote human rights. It is universally enjoyed and therefore welcomed by the vast number of developing countries.
This resolution was passed by the United Nations Human Rights Council. It is China's contribution to global human rights governance, and further demonstrates that China's human rights concept is deeply rooted in the international community.
Li Jiabao