The South-South Dialogue on Human Rights: 6 (Chinese Perspectives on Human Rights and Good Governance)

This volume contains a selection of the edited and in some cases translated papers presented at the first South-South Human Rights Forum held in Beijing. The conference was jointly sponsored by the State Council Information Office and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The event drew hundreds of participants, mainly scholars and government officials from developing countries and international organizations. Its main theme was “Building a Human Community with a Shared Future”, which built on a proposal launched by President Xi Jinping. The papers are mostly short and often policy-oriented, offering a unique insight into the thinking and planning associated with this South-South exchange and thus a wealth of information of interest to scholars. The topics covered emerge primarily from development-related issues, such as the rights to food, education, health and poverty reduction. Though much of the volume thus focuses on economic and social rights and the right to development, civil and political rights are also discussed in the context of the need for legal guarantees for the exercise of human rights and judicial protection of rights.

Lu Guangjin, PhD, is the Secretary-General of the China Society for Human Rights Studies. He has published more than 10 books and dozens of articles on human rights.

Zhang Wei, International Law PhD (2008), Professor, is Co-Director of the Institute for Human Rights at China University of Political Science and Law. He has published monographs, translations and many articles on human rights.