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.

Tuesday, July 04, 2017

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China is demoting human rights at the UN
Sentinel Taiwan, June 30, 2017
https://sentinel.tw/china-demoting-human-rights-un/

Related:
State Sovereignty Cannot Be Legitimately Invoked to Attack the Independence of UN Experts and Undermine Established Terms of Reference for Fact-finding Missions
国际人权联盟 中国人权:国家主权不能被合法地用来攻击联合国专家的独立性,及破坏既定的实况调查团的职权
FIDH-HRIC, June 8, 2017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/state-sovereignty-cannot-be-legitimately-invoked-attack-independence-un-experts
CH: 国际人权联盟 中国人权:国家主权不能被合法地用来攻击联合国专家的独立性,及破坏既定的实况调查团的职权