Cao Shunli (曹顺利)

  “Our impact may be large, may be small, and may be nothing. But we must try. It is our duty to the dispossessed and it is the right of civil society.” – Cao Shunli, 1961-2014 Cao Shunli was a Chinese human rights defender who unwaveringly pursued her goal to (read more…)

Defending Rights in a “No Rights Zone”: Annual Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in China (2018)

Introduction Chapter 1: Relentless Persecution of Human Rights Defenders             1.1 Arbitrary Detention             1.2 Enforced Disappearances             1.3 Torture and other Cruel, Inhumane, or Degrading Treatment             1.4 Reprisals for Engaging with the International Human Rights System Chapter 2: Deteriorating Conditions for Defending Human Rights             2.1 Freedom of (read more…)

Women Defenders

Appendix 4 to CHRD and Coalition of NGOs Report Submitted to CEDAW – October 2014

中国残障妇女尚未享有平等权利 Women with Disabilities Still Have Unequal Rights

Appendix 3 to CHRD and Coalition of NGOs Report Submitted to CEDAW – October 2014

农村妇女土地问题 Land Issue Concerning Rural Women

Appendix 2 to CHRD and Coalition of NGOs Report Submitted to CEDAW – October 2014

中国妇女就业歧视状况观察报告 Report Based on Observations of the Situation of Women’s Employment Discrimination

Appendix 1 to CHRD and Coalition of NGOs Report Submitted to CEDAW – October 2014

中国妇女在政治和公共事务决策中的代表性严重偏低 Chinese Women Seriously Unrepresented in Political and Public Decision Making.

Appendix 1 to “CHRD & Coalition NGOs Report Submitted to CESCR” – April 2014

Appendix 1 to “CHRD & Coalition NGOs Report Submitted to CESCR”: Discriminatory Population Policies Lead to Unequal Protection of Socio-Economic Rights (Summary in English, followed by full text in Chinese) From The Center for Equal Opportunity I.   Population and family planning law restricts reproduction rights The Third Plenum of the (read more…)

Appendix 2 to “CHRD & Coalition NGOs Report Submitted to CESCR” – April 2014

Appendix 2 to “CHRD & Coalition NGOs Report Submitted to CESCR”: End Discriminatory Household Registration System (Hukou) (Summary in English, followed by full text in Chinese) From Beijing Yirenping Center China’s system of national household registration (or hukou system), a central element of the government’s social management, inherently discriminates against (read more…)

Appendix 3 to “CHRD & Coalition NGOs Report Submitted to CESCR” – April 2014

Appendix 3 to “CHRD & Coalition NGOs Report Submitted to CESCR”: Violence in Forced Eviction & Violation of Rights to Adequate Housing (Summary in English, followed by full text in Chinese) From Civil Rights & Livelihood Watch Despite Chinese government claims that forced home evictions and violent demolitions are declining, (read more…)

Appendix 4 to “CHRD & Coalition NGOs Report Submitted to CESCR” – April 2014

Appendix 4 to “CHRD & Coalition NGOs Report Submitted to CESCR”: Chinese Workers Need Independent Trade Unions (Summary in English, followed by full text in Chinese) From Civil & Political Rights Monitor Almost a decade has passed since the Committee recommended the Chinese government “amend the Trade Union Law to (read more…)