UN Human Rights Tools | Chinese Human Rights Defenders

Chinese Government Lacks the Qualifications for Membership on UN Human Rights Council

November 7, 2013 Comments Off

Chinese Human Rights Defenders is concerned that the government of China, which is seeking a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) for a third time, has clearly failed to comply with the standards established by the UN General Assembly. CHRD urges UN Member States to take into (read more…)

Submission to UN on Ren Ziyuan – June 13, 2014

July 8, 2014 Comments Off

Communique on Behalf of REN Ziyuan, Citizen of the People’s Republic of China, Alleging Arbitrary Detention, Torture, Violation of Freedom of Expression, Assembly and Association, and Reprisals against Human Rights Defenders

Reply to Chinese Government Response on Wang Hanfei – December 16, 2013

December 30, 2013 Comments Off

The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) hereby respectfully submits this reply to the Government’s response made to the communiqué submitted on behalf of Mr. Wang Hanfei (王寒非), a citizen of the People’s Republic of China. Wang is the former editor of the China Special Watch magazine, which is (read more…)

Submission to UN on Gu Yimin – October 17, 2013

October 31, 2013 Comments Off

Submission to: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders MODEL QUESTIONNAIRE TO BE (read more…)

Submission to UN on Jiang Tianyong, Tang Jitian, Wang Cheng, and Zhang Junjie – May 16, 2014

June 2, 2014 Comments Off

Allegation Letter on behalf of Jiang Tianyong, Tang Jitian, Wang Cheng, and Zhang Junjie, citizens of the People’s Republic of China Alleging Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Arbitrary Detention, Violation of the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, and Reprisals against Human Rights Defenders

Submission to UN on Tang Jingling, Wang Qingying, and Yuan Xinting – July 9, 2014

August 19, 2014 Comments Off

Submission to: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, and Special Rapporteur on the (read more…)

Ge Zhihui (葛志慧): Submission to UN – April 29, 2014

May 13, 2014 Comments Off

Communique on Behalf of Ge Zhihui, Citizen of the People’s Republic of China, Alleging Arbitrary Detention, Torture, Violation of Freedom of Religion or Belief, Assembly and Association, and Reprisals against Human Rights Defenders. Ge Zhihui (葛志慧), a petitioner, was a victim of a violent forced demolition of her home that (read more…)

List of CHRD’s Suggested UPR Recommendations to China

October 15, 2013 Comments Off

CHRD has compiled a list of 39 suggested recommendations, including an assessment of actions, if any, that have been taken by the Chinese government to implement the 2009 recommendations (column five of the list) and an assessment of the current conditions of the relevant areas of those rights (column six). (read more…)

Submission to UN on Ding Jiaxi – April 24, 2014

May 13, 2014 Comments Off

Communique on Behalf of Ding Jiaxi, Citizen of the People’s Republic of China, Alleging Arbitrary Detention, Violation of Freedom of Expression, Assembly and Association, and Reprisals against Human Rights Defenders. Ding Jiaxi, a Beijing-based human rights lawyer, most recently has taken part in the “New Citizens’ Movement,” a loose grouping (read more…)

Reply to Chinese Government Response on Xing Shiku – November 8, 2013

December 3, 2013 Comments Off

Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) respectfully submits the following reply to the Chinese government’s response to the communiqué on Mr. XING Shiku. Upon receiving the response from the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, CHRD contacted a group inside China that has been in touch with Mr. Xing’s wife. The group (read more…)

Submission to the 17th Session of the Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review 2013

October 14, 2013 Comments Off

The Chinese government has made little improvement in the critical areas of concern identified by CHRD for the first cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in 2009, namely: torture and other mistreatment, arbitrary detention, freedom of expression, and harassment of human rights defenders.

Report Submitted to UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – April 2014

April 15, 2014 Comments Off

The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders & a Coalition of NGOs – Report Submitted to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for its Review at the 52nd Session of the Second Report by the People’s Republic of China on Its Implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, (read more…)