Reports

A selection of HRIC's reports and issues briefs are listed below.

HRIC reports:
 

HRIC's submissions to the UN and international governments

Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights: The Impact of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
March 2011

State Secrets: China's Legal Labyrinth
June 2007

China: Minority Exclusion, Marginalization and Rising Tensions
By Human Rights in China, Commissioned by Minority Rights Group International
April 2007

Devastating Blows: Religious Repression of Uighurs in Xinjiang
A Joint Report by Human Rights in China and Human Rights Watch
April 2005

Human Rights and Spam: A China Case Study
First published in the Center for Democracy & Technology's Spam 2005: Technology, Law, and Policy.

Institutionalized Exclusion: The Tenuous Legal Status of Internal Migrants in China's Major Cities
November 2002

Shutting Out the Poorest: Discrimination Against the Most Disadvantaged Migrant Children in City Schools
May 8, 2002

Promoting Human Rights In China: Report of the China Human Rights Strategy Study Group
Sponsored by the Open Society Institute and Human Rights in China
October 2001

Empty Promises: Human Rights Protections and China'’s Criminal Procedure Law
March 2001

Reeducation Through Labor (RTL): A Summary of Regulatory Issues and Concerns
February 2001

Human Rights Situation in China and the Dialogue on Human Rights
Submission to the British House of Commons, July 2000

China and the International Asylum Regime: The Case of North Korean Refugees
By James D. Seymour for Human Rights in China
November 2000

Impunity for Torturers Continues Despite Changes in the Law
Report on the Implementation of the Convention Against Torture in the People's Republic of China
April 2000

Not Welcome at the Party: Behind the "Clean-Up" of China's Cities
A Report on Administrative Detention under "Custody and Repatriation"
September 1999

June Fourth Massacre: Testimonies of the Wounded and the Families of the Dead
June 1999

China: Freedom of Association Regulated Away
June 1999

China and the Human Rights Mechanisms of the United Nations
A Compilation by Human Rights in China
December 1998

From Principle to Pragmatism: Can "Dialogue" Improve China's Human Rights Situation?
June 1998

Major Problems Found in Three Gorges Dam Resettlement Program
A Joint Report by International Rivers Network and Human Rights in China
March 1998

China: Social Groups Seek Independence in a Regulatory Cage
In Promoting Three Basic Freedoms: Towards Greater Freedom of Association, Assembly and Expression in Asia
September 1997

Whose Security? "State Security" in China's New Criminal Code
A Joint Report by Human Rights in China and Human Rights Watch
April 1997

A Travesty of Justice: The Show Trial of Wei Jingsheng
Contains full documents from the trial and appeal
March 4, 1996

"Leaking State Secrets": The Case of Gao Yu
A Joint Report by Human Rights in China and Human Rights Watch
July 1995

Enforced Exile of Dissidents: Government "Re-entry Blacklist"
A Joint Report by Human Rights in China and Human Rights Watch
January 1995

Use of Criminal Charges against Political Dissidents
A Joint Report by Human Rights in China and Human Rights Watch
October 3, 1994

Pressure Off, China Targets Activists
A Joint Report by Human Rights in China and Human Rights Watch
July 29, 1994

The Price of Obscurity in China: Revelations About Prisoners Arrested after June 4, 1989
A Joint Report by Human Rights in China and Human Rights Watch
May 19, 1994

Detained at Official Pleasure: Arbitrary Detention in the PRC
June 4, 1993

Going through the Motions: The Role of Defense Council in the Trials of the 1989 Protesters
March 1993

HRIC issues briefs:
 

Where is the “Frugal Olympics”? Domestic Voices Protest Extravagance
Published in China Rights Forum, 2007, no. 3

China’s Death Penalty Reforms
Published in China Rights Forum, 2007, no. 2

China's Growing Prominence in the Multilateral Human Rights System
Published in China Rights Forum, 2007, no. 1

Comparative International and Domestic Approaches
Published in China Rights Forum, 2005, no. 4

The Cultural Revolution as Legacy and Precedent
Published in China Rights Forum, 2005, no. 4

China's Strategic Global Influence, Article text | Map
Published in China Rights Forum, 2005, no. 3

The Right to Food in China: What (and Who) is at Stake?
Published in China Rights Forum, 2005, no. 3

Logging On in China's Internet Cafes
Published in China Rights Forum, 2005, no. 3

Reform of the Reeducation through Labour System
Published in China Rights Forum, 2005, no. 2

Review of Procedure Laws Raises Hopes for Justice
Published in China Rights Forum, 2005, no. 2

The Repressive Framework of Religious Regulation in Xinjiang
By Human Rights Watch and Human Rights in China, published in China Rights Forum, 2005, no. 2

The Wuhan Court Bribery Case
Published in China Rights Forum, 2005, no. 1

Labor and State Secrets
By Human Rights in China with China Labour Bulletin, published in China Rights Forum, 2004, no. 3

China's Education System: Reading Between the Lines
Published in China Rights Forum, 2004, no. 1

Funding the Rule of Law and Civil Society
Published in China Rights Forum, 2003, no. 3

Behind Closed Doors: Bilateral Dialogues on Human Rights
A report by Free Tibet Campaign, Human Rights in China, and the International Campaign for Tibet, published in China Rights Forum, 2003, no. 2

Funding the Rule of Law and Civil Society
Published in China Rights Forum, 2003, no. 3