Human-rights Status in China

In 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was promulgated by unanimous vote of the United Nations General Assembly. That Declaration articulated what the title implied:

respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. The declaration proclaims the personal, civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights of man, none of which is subject to limitation except to secure recognition for the rights and freedoms and to meet the requirements of morality, public order, and general welfare (U.N., 2001).

It is difficult to overstate the geopolitical conditions under which the U.N. Charter and the Declaration emerged, notably the aftermath of World War II, replete with "reaction of the internal community to the horrors of that war and the bestiality of the regimes which unleashed it" (U.N. Department, 1984, p. 1).

It has been custom and practice in the U.N. to distinguish between civil and political rights on one hand and economic, social, and cultural rights on the other, though as a matter of official policy U.N. has long acknowledged overlap and convergence of all fundame

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ngs." In any case, he acknowledges that as of 1986 the rights picture in China is muddied. Tiananmen Square in 1989 clarified it dramatically. China's White Paper declares that "all power" rests with the people, but it also explains that political activity occurs "under the leadership of the Communist Party of China" (China, 2001). That fact must be noted in any review of whatever other declarations are made about "progress" and "reform" of governmental entities that oversee implementation of human rights. For example: Attaching great importance to safeguarding human rights through perfecting legislation, ensuring an impartial judicature and strictly enforcing the law, China has made considerable progress in building a judicial guarantee for human rights. . . . There are laws covering all fields of social life, providing a comprehensive judicial guarantee for the various human rights of the citizens (China, 2001). Nothing about this articulation of P.R.C. policy conflicts with adherence to the four cardinal principles. That is because the CCP is in the leadership position, which the White Paper acknowledges "is an important component of China's democratic political system" (China, 2001). As might be expected the U.S. perspecti
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