China News Service, Beijing, May 19 (Reporter Yang Chengchen) "With regard to the communication and exchange of human rights, in fact, China and the West have a consensus on many issues, and the consensus is far greater than the difference." Well-known European sinologist, Swiss comparative law researcher Harro von Senger, a Chinese legal expert, said at a seminar on the 19th.
On May 19, China News Service held the "Symposium on the Development of Human Rights in China" in Beijing, inviting seven well-known Chinese and foreign experts and scholars to conduct in-depth discussions on related topics.
The picture shows experts and scholars from China, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland and other countries participating in the conference online.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Sheng Jiapeng
On the same day, the "Symposium on the Development Path of Human Rights in China" was held in Beijing, and Sheng Yalu made a written speech.
Taking the consensus between Switzerland and China on human rights issues as an example, he pointed out that as members of the United Nations Human Rights Council, both Switzerland and China have agreed on “terrorism and human rights”, “promoting human rights through sports and the Olympic ideal”, “human rights and the environment”. The realization of economic, social and cultural rights in all countries”.
"Another resolution on the right to food was passed almost unanimously by members." However, Sheng Yalu also pointed out that whether it is Swiss media or officials, when discussing human rights, Switzerland and China rarely mention many issues, and other Western countries have similar views on many issues. is also like this.
He also suggested that, in order to enhance the communication and exchange of human rights views between China and the West, he suggested that China issue a multilingual report on the UN Human Rights Council meeting, "to let everyone see that Western countries' attitudes towards many resolutions are actually the same as China's."
Zhang Yonghe, executive dean and professor of the Institute of Human Rights at Southwest University of Political Science and Law, said that in terms of self-care, there is no essential difference between Chinese and Western human rights concepts.
Regrettably, in practice, there are differences in the concept of human rights between China and the West.
For example, the mainstream Western human rights theory believes that human rights are only civil and political rights of "negative rights", which are determined by the inherent stipulations of the capitalist system.
China believes that civil and political rights are very important human rights, as are economic, social and cultural rights.
"As a German, influenced by the traditions of the French Revolution and the Enlightenment, I will defend human rights in my own country. But I will never force other countries with different traditions to accept the Western concept of human rights." German expert on China, German black Michael Borchmann, former director of the European and International Affairs Department of Senzhou, quoted former German Chancellor Schmidt's point of view.
He said that there are many malicious attacks on China from the outside world, which itself has no integrity at all.
The US and the West are not interested in fact-based, real human rights issues at all. What the US and its followers need is political propaganda for naked political interests.
Wang Wen, executive dean of the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China, said that in recent years, the world's observation of China has often focused on accusations of human rights in China due to misleading by some Western media and politicians, ignoring the global significance of China's human rights progress.
He specifically pointed out that China has created the best and most stable social environment for urban security in the world, and realized residents' rights to life, property and dignity from the threat of guns.
The population of ethnic minorities in China has grown several times over the past 40 years, effectively fulfilling the provisions of international conventions against racial discrimination.
China promotes people's democracy in the whole process, improves the infrastructure coverage at the network and transportation levels, and effectively protects the citizens' right to freedom in politics and life.
On May 19, China News Service held the "Symposium on the Development of Human Rights in China" in Beijing, inviting seven well-known Chinese and foreign experts and scholars to conduct in-depth discussions on related topics.
The picture shows the offline venue of the "Symposium on the Development Path of Human Rights in China".
Photo by China News Agency reporter Sheng Jiapeng
In June 2017, the United Nations Human Rights Council passed the China-proposed "Contribution of Development to the Enjoyment of All Human Rights" resolution, introducing the concept of "development for human rights" into the international human rights system for the first time.
Wang Wen mentioned that this move has been widely supported by all countries in the world, especially developing countries.
China's human rights progress has made important contributions to world development.
In his speech, Lu Guangjin, secretary-general of the China Society for Human Rights and a professor at the Law School of Jilin University, borrowed the words of an internationally renowned scholar, Amartya Sen, and said that the complementarity between economic development and social progress has been greatly appreciated in China's recent history. good description.
Every country, every society, has to deal with its own problems.
"The world will be watching with great interest how the process of all-round human development unfolds in China."
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