China News Service, Chongqing, March 1 (Reporter Zhong Yan) The reporter learned from the Southwest University of Political Science and Law on the 1st that the school inaugurated the first human rights college in China on February 28.
Fu Zitang, President of Southwest University of Political Science and Law and Dean of the Human Rights Research Institute, introduced that the establishment of the Human Rights Institute marks the improvement of the school’s comprehensive development system that integrates human rights discipline construction, human rights think tank construction, and human rights talent training. Breakthroughs have been made in the construction of human rights law and human rights education.
According to reports, as one of the first universities in China to undertake the task of serving China's human rights development think tank, Southwest University of Political Science and Law established the "Human Rights Research Institute" in 2011.
The Institute undertakes human rights consultation, human rights theoretical research, human rights practice research, human rights education and training, etc. It focuses on public policy and strategic research and consultation, and strives to build a national high-end human rights think tank.
The picture shows the unveiling of the School of Human Rights at Southwest University of Political Science and Law.
Photo by An Xin
The Institute of Human Rights was established on the basis of the "Human Rights Research Institute", aiming to accelerate the development of human rights disciplines and cultivate specialized talents urgently needed for the development of China's human rights cause.
In the future, Southwest University of Political Science and Law plans to recruit dual-degree undergraduates, and is committed to cultivating various talents who can enter the United Nations and countries along the “Belt and Road” to engage in human rights and law-related affairs, and explore the establishment of a first-level discipline of human rights to actively serve the national human rights strategy. , serving local economic and social development.
It is reported that in order to promote international human rights law education, Southwest University of Political Science and Law also launched the first issue of the magazine "Human Rights Law" in January 2022.
The publication focuses on the introduction of Marxist human rights theory and practice, human rights empirical research, human rights law and other interdisciplinary research, and the achievements of human rights think tanks in colleges and universities.
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