The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Friday, May 15, 2015

Access to Justice (司法公正)

河南“呕吐死”案再审 证人:死者曾遭刑讯逼供 (Henan court retries case of detained man who “vomited to death,” witness says he had been tortured for confession)
Xinhua, May 14, 2015
http://www.js.xinhuanet.com/2015-05/14/c_1115277498.htm

最高人民法院成立民法典编纂工作研究小组 (Supreme People’s Court establishes a Civil Code research working group)
The Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China, May 12, 2015
http://www.court.gov.cn/zixun-xiangqing-14441.html

Related:
对《中华人民共和国民法典·民法总则专家建议稿(征求意见稿)》公开征求意见的通知 (Civil Code: experts’ draft published for comment)
China Law Society, April 20, 2015
http://www.chinalaw.org.cn/Column/Column_View.aspx?ColumnID=81&InfoID=14364