NGO contributions China 2nd cycle

NGOs which have submitted a report:

ACFTU All-China Federation of Trade Unions, Beijing, People’s Republic of
China, submission 1 on workers’ health and safety, submission 2 on
safeguarding rights of vulnerable groups, including internal migrants;
ACLA All China Lawyers Association, Beijing, China, submission 1 on the
rights of internal migrants, submission 2 on the protection of the rights
of minors;
ACNU Asociación Cubana de las Naciones Unidas, Havana, Cuba;
ACWF All China Women’s Federation, Beijing, China;
AI Amnesty International , London, United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland;
ANEC Asociación Nacional de Economistas de Cuba, Havana, Cuba;
ARTICLE 19 Article 19. London, United Kingdom;
BAI Beijing Aizhixing Institute, Beijing, China;
BCLARC Beijing Children's Legal Aid and Research Centre, Beijing, China;
BZMW Beijing Zhicheng Migrant Workers’ Legal Aid and Research Center,
Beijing, China;
CAPDTC China Association for Preservation and Development of Tibetan
Culture, Beijing, China, submission 1 on the shadow report on human
rights situation in Tibet, submission 2 on the situation of the political
and legal rights of Tibetan women;
CASS-HRRC China Academy of Social Sciences-Human Rights Research Centre,
Beijing, China, submission 1 on labour protection, submission 2 on
National Plans of Action;
CBDHDD Capitulo Boliviano de Derechos Humanos, Democracia y Desarrollo/
Bolivian Chapter of Human Rights Democracy and Development, La
Paz, Bolivia;
CCCS China Care and Compassion Society, Beijing, China;
CEAIE China Education Association for International Exchange, Beijing,
China;
CEMAFEE China Ethnic Minorities' Association for External Exchanges, Beijing,
China;
CFGS China Foundation for Guangcai Programme, Beijing, China;
CFHRD China Foundation for Human Rights Development , Beijing, China,
submission 1 on human rights education, submission 2 on
Government information disclosure;
CHRD Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Washington D.C., United States of
America;
CHRLCG China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group, Hong Kong, China;
CIVICUS CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Johannesburg,
South Africa;
CLS China Law Society, Beijing, China;
CNIE China Network of International Exchanges , Beijing, China;
CPAPD Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament, Beijing,
China;
CRRC China Religious Research Centre, Beijing, China;
CSHRS China Society for Human Rights Studies, Beijing, China, submission
1 on international human rights treaties, submission 2 on freedom of
speech;
CSPGP China Society for the Promotion of the Guangcai Programme, Beijing,
China;
CSW Christian Solidarity Worldwide, New Malden, United Kingdom;
CUAWG Chinese Urgent Action Working Group, Beijing, China;
CWRS Chinese Women's Research Society, Beijing, China;
DHF Dui Hua Foundation, San Francisco, CA, United States of America;
ECLJ European Centre for Law and Justice, Strasbourg, France;
FDC Japan Federation for a Democratic China, Tokyo, Japan;
FMC Federación de Mujeres Cubanas /Federation of Cuban Women,
Havana, Cuba;
FN Freedom Now, Washington DC, United States of America;
GIEACPC Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children, United
Kingdom;
HKA Hong Kong Alliance in support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in
China, Hong Kong, China;
HKCTU Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, Hong Kong, China;
HKHRM Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor, Hong Kong, China;
HKJA Hong Kong Journalists Association, Hong Kong, China;
HKJPC Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese,
Hong Kong, China;
HK Unison Hong Kong Unison, Hong Kong, China;
HRIC Human Rights in China, New York, United States of America;
HRW Human Rights Watch, Geneva, Switzerland;
HRWF Human Rights Without Frontiers International, Brussels, Belgium;
HZDHRGN Hua Zang Dharma Human Rights Group in Norway, Tromso Norway;
ICPC Independent Chinese Pen Centre, Hong Kong, China;
IFJ International Federation of Journalists, Brussels, Belgium;
ISC Internet Society of China, Beijing, China;
LFNKR Life Funds for North Korean Refugees, Tokyo, Japan;
LWU Lao Women's Union, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic;
MOVPAZ Movimiento Cubano por la Paz y la Soberania de los Pueblos/Cuban
Movement for Peace and Sovereignty of Peoples, Havana, Cuba
OSPAAL Organizacion de Solidaridad de Los Pueblos de Africa, Asia y
America Latina/ Cuba Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of
Africa, Asia and Latin America, Havana, Cuba;
PEN-I Pen International, London, United Kingdom;
PHR Physicians for Human Rights, Cambridge, MA, United States of
America;
RC Rights Campaign, Jiangsu province, China;
RPDCV Movimiento en Redes del Patrimonio y Diversidad Cultural de
Venezuela/Red del Patrimonio y Diversidad Cultural del Estado
Miranda, Venezuela;
SRI Reporters without borders, Paris France;
STP Society for Threatened Peoples, Göttingen, Germany;
STFA Swiss Tibetan Friendship Association, Zurich, Switzerland
TW Tibet Watch, London, United Kingdom;
UAPCFEHD The United Association of Petitioners of China Forced Evictions &
Home Demolitions, New York, United States of America;
UNJC Unión Nacional de Juristas de Cuba/National Union of Jurists of
Cuba, Cuba
UPEC Unión de Periodistas de Cuba/Union of Journalists of Cuba, Havana,
Cuba;
UNPO Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organizations, The Hague, The
Netherlands;
VPDF Vietnam Peace and Development Foundation, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
Joint submissions
HKHRC Hong Kong Human Rights Commission - joint submission, A
coalition of eleven members, including Christians for Hong Kong
Society; Hong Kong Catholic Youth Council; Hong Kong Christian
Industrial Committee; Hong Kong Christian Institute; Hong Kong
Federation of Catholic Students; Hong Kong Social Workers’ General
Union; Hong Kong Storehouse and Transportation Staff Association;
Hong Kong Women Christian Council; Justice and Peace Commission
of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese; Society for Community
Organization and Student Christian Movement of Hong Kong, Hong
Kong, China;
ITN International Tibet Network: Joint submission, ITN, San Francisco,
CA, United States of America, - a coalition of 185 Member Groups
from over 50 countries. Lead Authors are Tibet Justice Centre, Canada
Tibet Committee, Students for a Free Tibet, International Tibet
Network Secretariat, with the support of Australia Tibet Council;
JS1 Joint Submission 1: Uyghur Human Rights Project/Uyghur American
Association, Washington D.C., United States of America;
JS2 Joint Submission 2: The Chinese Working Women Network ,
Globalization Monitor, Labour Action China, Labour Education and
Service Network, Shenzhen and Hong Kong, China;
JS3 Joint Submission 3: Rainbow Action, Women Coalition of HKSAR
(WCHK), Hong Kong, China;
JS4 Joint Submission 4: National Committee for people who are infected
with HIV/AIDS due to blood infusion, Committee for women who are
infected with HIV/AIDS due to blood infusion, Ningling County,
Henan Province, Association for HIV/AIDS Prevention, Tuocheng
County, Henan Province, Beijing Aizhixing Institute, Beijing, China;
JS5 Joint Submission 5: Yunnan Province Gejiu Huyangshu Self Help
Group, Xiyi Institute of Cultural and Social Development, Kunming,
China, Beijing Aizhixing Institute, Beijing China;
JS6 Joint Submission 6: Lawyers for lawyers (L4L) Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, and Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC),
Vancouver, BC, Canada;
JS7 Joint Submission 7: Harm Reduction International (HRI) and
International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD), London,
United Kingdom
JS8 Joint Submission 8: Privacy International (PI), London, United
Kingdom, and the Law and Technology Centre of the University of
Hong Kong (HKU), Hong Kong, China;
JS9 Joint Submission 9: Front Line Defenders, Ireland and Chinese Urgent
Action Working Group, Beijing, China;
JS10 Joint Submission 10: Human Rights Law Foundation (HRLF),
Washington, DC, United States of America, Falun Dafa Information
Center (FDI), New York, United States of America, The Institute on
Religion & Democracy (IRD), Washington DC, United States of
America, Paul Marshall, Senior Fellow, Center for Religious
Freedom, Hudson Institute, Thierry Bécourt, President of
Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de
Conscience (CAPLC), Nantes, France, Greg Mitchell, President, The
Mitchell Firm, Sue Taylor, National Affairs Office
(Scientology),Union of Councils for Jews of the Former Soviet Union
(UCSJ), Washington, DC, United States of America, United
Macedonian Diaspora, Washington, D.C. United States of America;
JS11 Joint Submission 11: International Federation for Human Rights
(FIDH), Geneva, Switzerland, International Campaign for Tibet (ICT)
Washington DC, United States of America;
JS12 Joint Submission 12: International Environmental Law Project (IELP)
at Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, Oregon, United States of
America, on behalf of:
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP),
Center for Research & Development Zimbabwe (CDZIM);
and Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW), South Africa;
TWA Joint Submission: Tibetan Women's Association, India, Canada, North
America, Europe, Dharamsala, India.

Report submitted by China 2nd cycle

Dans son rapport, la Chine consacre une section (paragraphes 14 à 17) à l'éducation aux droits de l'homme et une autre au droit à l'éducation (paragraphes 36 à 38)

Human rights education (paragraph 114, recommendation 7)

14. The Chinese Government has made human rights education an important element in the two National Human Rights Action plans issued to date [see paragraph 11 above], clarifying the position of the State as the main body in the compulsory system of human rights education. Currently, the sixth national five-year plan for popularizing understanding of the law, presently under implementation, includes human rights education as an important element of educating all citizens about the legal system, and emphasizes providing human rights education to leading officials at all levels, public servants and youth.

15. From October 2009 to December 2012, the Information Office of China’s State Council held a total of six training courses in knowledge of human rights for officials in the Party, Government and the judicial system at all levels. The Central Party School and Party educational units at all levels have universally incorporated human rights in their curricula and conduct human rights education for leading officials of all ranks. The Ministry of Justice is fostering awareness of the rule of law and human rights among law enforcement personnel by providing training for prison wardens from across the country, as well as educational activities in core values for law enforcement officers in the judicial administration system from around China. The Ministry of Public Security is normalizing and systematizing human rights education by sponsoring the preparation of teaching materials on police law enforcement and human rights safeguards, and requiring public security organs at all levels to set up courses on that topic in all scheduled rotational training for police officers; it also features human rights knowledge and education topics on its public security education and training website. The All-China Lawyers Association is improving the role of lawyers in safeguarding human rights by means of organizing specialized training as well as study and discussion activities for them.

16. In 2011, the Chinese Ministry of Education incorporated the Nankai University Human Rights Study Centre, the China University of Political Science and Law Institute of Human Rights Studies, and the Guangzhou University Centre for Human Rights Research and Education in the group of institutions comprising the humanities- and social sciencesfocused research base managed by the Ministry, and provided special funds for their support. The construction of a new series of national human rights education and training centres has entered the substantive assessment phase.

17. The Chinese Government encourages the central and regional news media to set up columns and features on human rights, and continues to support the development of Human Rights magazine, the China Human Rights Net and other non-governmental human rights websites. As of December 2012, the China Society for Human Rights Studies had organized a total of four national meetings for human rights research institutions throughout the country to exchange their work experience, and universities associated with the Society had held four annual meetings on human rights education in Chinese institutions of higher learning

The right to education (paragraph 114, recommendations 16 and 22)

36. In 2010, China promulgated the Outline for the National Medium and Long Term Programme for Education Reform and Development (2010–2020). From 2008 to 2011, aggregate financial investment in education grew from 1.045 trillion yuan to 1.8587 trillion yuan, representing an increase from 3.31 per cent to 3.93 per cent of overall GDP. In 2011, China instituted comprehensive nine-year compulsory education, which now covers 100 per cent of the population. The gross rate of enrolment in higher education had reached 30 per cent by the end of 2012; with a total scale of 33.25 million persons in school, China ranks first in the world in this category.

37. The Chinese Government is taking a series of policy measures to sustain the expansion of investment in the renovation of rural junior high school buildings and the construction of turnover dormitories for teachers, along with the preferential allocation of educational resources to rural, inland and western, and ethnic minority areas, that have clearly improved imbalances in education. China has set up a system of policies to provide subsidies for students from poor families, covering all stages of education from preschool to graduate study; each year, nearly 80 million students from poor families receive such subsidies, amounting in value to nearly 100 billion yuan. In the fall term of 2011, the State mobilized a pilot programme to provide nutritious-meal allowances for some 30 million rural students in compulsory education.

38. The Chinese Government attaches great importance to safeguarding the compulsory education rights of children accompanying rural workers migrating to urban areas. Currently a total of 13.9387 million such children are receiving compulsory education in cities, accounting for 9.7 per cent of the overall number of students at the compulsory education stage; 80.2 per cent of these children are enrolled in public schools. The Chinese Government will take measures to permit them to participate in local matriculation exams, gradually resolving the difficulties this group has had in continuing their studies in the localities where they completed their compulsory education. Education for disabled children has also been made more broadly available, and the education system for persons with disabilities is undergoing continuous improvement. 

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