The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) released today a special report on the state of rule of law in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), entitled Rule by Law: Special Report on the Rule of Law with Chinese Characteristics. The special report comes in the wake of a severe crackdown on human rights lawyers and advocates in…
In April 2009, the State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) released a report titled National Human Rights Action Plan (2009-2010). The National Human Rights Action Plan (NHRAP) was the Chinese government’s first formal document that ‘guaranteed’ human rights to Chinese citizens and pledged to address human rights violations in the PRC. The international community warmly…