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

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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

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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

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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…)

Appendix 5 to “CHRD & Coalition NGOs Report Submitted to CESCR” – April 2014

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Appendix 5 to “CHRD & Coalition NGOs Report Submitted to CESCR”: The Situation of Freedom of Association in China (Summary in English, followed by excerpts in Chinese) From The Rights Defense Network Since the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, new features have (read more…)