The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Concluding observations on the combined third and fourth periodic reports of China, adopted by the Committee at its sixty-fourth session (16 September–4 October 2013) Symbol No. CRC/ C/CHN/CO/3-4 The Committee is deeply disturbed by an alarming escalation of self-immolations by Tibetan children and the State party’s failure to prevent such loss…

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The Committee Against Torture (CAT) Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of China (3 February 2016) Symbol No. CAT/C/CHN/CO/5 The Committee regrets that the recommendations identified for follow-up in the previous concluding observations have not yet been implemented. Those recommendations concerned: legal safeguards to prevent torture; the State Secrets Law and reported harassment of lawyers, human rights defenders and…

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