Submissions and reports made to United Nations treaty bodies and special mechanisms can be found below.

HRIC's other submissions to UN bodies include the Human Rights Council and the World Summit of Information Society.

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United Nations Treaty Bodies

The Implementation of the Convention Against Torture (CAT) in the People's Republic of China

The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment was adopted by the General Assembly in 1984. It requires States parties to incorporate the crime of torture in their domestic legislation and to punish acts of torture by appropriate penalties; to undertake a prompt and impartial investigation of any alleged act of torture; to ensure that statements made as a result of torture are not invoked as evidence in proceedings; and to establish an enforceable right to fair and adequate compensation and rehabilitation for victims of torture or their dependants.

• November 6, 2008 – Oral intervention of Human Rights in China to the Committee Against Torture
• 2008年11月6日 - 中国人权在联合国禁止酷刑委员会审议会议前的发言
• October 2008 – Parallel submission in advance of review of the PRC's combined Fourth and Fifth Periodic Reports
• April 2000 – Impunity for Torturers Continues Despite Changes in the Law: Pre-Sessional submission in advance of review of the PRC's Third Periodic Report
• March 1996 – Words Without Substance: Pre-session submission in advance of review of the PRC's Second Periodic Report

For more information from the UN's Web sites:

• OHCHR - Committee against Torture Web site
• Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
• Fact Sheet No.4: Methods of Combating Torture

Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in the People's Republic of China

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national action to end such discrimination. By accepting the Convention, States commit themselves to undertake a series of measures to end discrimination against women in all forms.

• January 2014 -  Pre-sessional submission in advance of the fifth review of its implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
• 2014年1月 - 中国人权在联合国第五次审议中国执行《消除对妇女一切形式歧视公约》情况前提交的报告概要
• August 7, 2007 - Oral Intervention for the 36th Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
• 2006年8月 - 中国人权对中国政府第五和第六次合并定期报告所作的评估和建议----在联合国“消除对妇女一切形式歧视委员会”第36届会议上的发言
• July 2006 – Parallel submission in advance of review of the PRC's Fifth and Sixth Periodic Report
• December 1998 – Pre-sessional submission in advance of review of the PRC's Third and Fourth Periodic Report

For more information from the UN's Web sites:

• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Web site
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in the People's Republic of China

The Convention on the Rights of the Child spells out the basic human rights that children everywhere have: the right to survival; to develop to the fullest; to protection from harmful influences, abuse and exploitation; and to participate fully in family, cultural and social life. The four core principles of the Convention are non-discrimination; devotion to the best interests of the child; the right to life, survival and development; and respect for the views of the child.

• Concluding Observations on the Combined 3rd & 4th Periodic Reports of China
• Comments of the Chinese Government about the Concluding Observations on the Combined 3rd & 4th Periodic Reports of China
• 中国政府对儿童权利委员会第64届会议通过的“关于中国第三、四次合并定期报告的结论性意见”的评论
• September 2013 - Briefing Note on China’s response to the Committee’s List of Issues Submitted to the Committee on the Rights of the Child
• 2013年9月 - 《就中国政府递交儿童权利委员会关于委员会问题清单的答复材料的简要说明》
• November 2012 - Pre-sessional submission in advance of review of the PRC's Third Periodic Report
• 2012年11月 - 中国人权在联合国审议中国履行《儿童权利公约》情况第三次报告前建议向中国政府提出的问题
• July 2005 – Parallel submission in advance of review of the PRC's Second Periodic Report
• 2005年7月 - 中华人民共和国执行儿童权利国际公约的情况——中国人权向联合国提交的非政府组织评估报告 2005年7月

For more information from the UN's Web sites:

• OHCHR - Committee on the Rights of the Child
• Convention on the Rights of the Child
• UNICEF - Convention on the Rights of the Child
• UNICEF - FACT SHEET: A summary of the rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) in the People's Republic of China

Economic, social and cultural rights are fully recognized by the international community and throughout international human rights law. Although these rights have received less attention than civil and political rights, far more serious consideration than ever before is currently being devoted to them. The question is not whether these rights are basic human rights, but rather what entitlements they imply and the legal nature of the obligations of States to realize them.

These rights are designed to ensure the protection of people as full persons, based on a perspective in which people can enjoy rights, freedoms and social justice simultaneously.

• May 5, 2014 - Oral intervention of Human Rights in China to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• 2014年5月5日 - 中国人权在联合国经社文权利委员会审议中国前简报会上的口头发言
• March 2014 – Parallel submission in advance of review of the PRC's Second Periodic Report
• April 2005 – Parallel submission in advance of review of the PRC's First Periodic Report
• March 2013 - Pre-sessional submission in advance of review of the PRC's Second Periodic Report

For more information from the UN's Web sites:

• OHCHR - Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• Fact Sheet No.16: The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in the People's Republic of China

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination by its State parties.

• July 2009 – Parallel submission in advance of review of the PRC's thirteenth Periodic Report
• 2009年6月 - 在联合国审议中华人民共和国递交的执行《消除一切形式种族歧视国际公约》情况第十至十三次合并报告前提交给消除种族歧视委员会
• July 2001 – Parallel submission in advance of review of the PRC's Eight and Ninth Periodic Report [Recommendations]

CERD's Concluding Obvsersions on China and full text of the convention:

• CERD's 2001 Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: China (UN Doc. A/56/18)
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in the People's Republic of China

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2006, and promotes and protects the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with all types of disabilities. State parties to the Convention commit to adopt all appropriate measures ensuring that persons with disabilities can fully realize all human rights and fundamental freedoms without discrimination of any kind on the basis of disability. China ratified CRPD in 2008, and was reviewed by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a body of independent experts which monitors implementation of the Convention, in 2012.

• July 2012 - NGO Submission by Human Rights in China

United Nations Special Mechanisms

Special Representative of the Secretary General on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises

• January 2006 – The Impact of Transnational Corporations on the Right to Freedom of Expression in the People's Republic of China

For more information, visit the UN website:

• Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises