Tourists pose for a selfie in the Italian-style area of Hebei District in northern China’s Tianjin, May 1, 2021. (Photo / Xinhua)
China has enriched the global discourse on human rights affairs by championing multilateralism and opposing selfishness and intimidation, a foreign ministry official said on Monday.
The effort has been praised by many countries, especially developing countries, said Li Xiaomei, the ministry’s special representative for human rights affairs.
China respects the universal principles set forth in the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and encourages other countries to locate the principles of human rights according to their respective development, he said. she declared.
The Chinese government supports equal, fair and win-win cooperation on human rights governance, she said, adding that the diversity of views on human rights is exactly the reason for which China advocates dialogue.
China, one of the very few nations to have been elected a five-time member of the United Nations Human Rights Council, respects the choice of sovereign countries in their own way and defends democratic and rights-based international relations. Li said.
Li said the country opposes the politicization of human rights issues, one of the three pillars of the United Nations system, along with peace and development, or the adoption of double standards. measures.
Some countries have adopted a hasty attitude towards multilateral human rights groups, “and have tried to change international rules for their own interests,” she told a press conference in Beijing. “It’s typical unilateralism.”
While on the board, the Chinese government made a series of proposals to protect human rights, including a 2016 initiative to strengthen public health capacity building to fight Ebola, and an effort to include the “community of destiny for humanity” in a number of Council proposals and resolutions.
He reaffirmed the role of development in human rights situations and introduced this concept into the United Nations system.
The press conference was organized by the Information Office of the State Council to present the implementation of China’s third human rights work plan, which was released in 2016. human rights development over the past five years, ranging from economic rights to civil and political rights.
Chang Jian, director of the Human Rights Research Center at Nankai University in Tianjin, told the press conference that a shared global vision of human rights is a recent event.
Cultural elements as diverse as Buddhism and Confucianism have given rise to a wave of different understandings of human rights, and economic globalization has brought these views closer together in the aftermath of World War II, he said. declared.
“The destruction caused by fascism has led nations to reach a consensus on the protection of human rights, as provided for in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international treaties,” he said. he said, adding that China was one of the drafters of the declaration and 26 other treaties.
“China is a supporter, defender and promoter of consensus.”
Different countries have different systems and levels of development, resulting in differences in the interpretation and protection of human rights, he said.
Chang cited China’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic as an example, saying it has prioritized the rights to life and health, while other countries have prioritized polls, economy and individual rights.
He said that people’s sense of happiness, gain and security should be used to determine the human rights situation of a given nation.
