Chinese experts said that the cause of human rights is an integral part of Chinese path to modernization
Geneva, July 3 (Xinhua) - On the occasion of the 53rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Chinese Society for Human Rights held a themed side meeting on "China's Human Rights Philosophy and Practice" at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on July 3. Xiao Wu, associate professor of the Human Rights Research Institute of Southwest University of Political Science and Law, said at the meeting that China's human rights cause is an integral part of Chinese path to modernization. The process of Chinese path to modernization is a modernization in which everyone shares human rights equally and the level of human rights protection has been comprehensively improved.
He said that unlike some Western countries that prioritize the right to freedom and emphasize that the government is a "limited government," China advocates that the right to survival and the right to development are the primary basic human rights. The party and government play the roles of "organizers" and "builders" in safeguarding human rights, and fulfill their obligations as active leaders in safeguarding human rights.
He said that some Western countries believe that human rights are more about civil and political rights, and underestimate or even do not recognize the human rights attributes of economic, social, and cultural rights. China emphasizes the inseparability of civil and political rights and economic, social, and cultural rights, and comprehensively improves the protection level of democratic and people's rights in the coordinated development of various rights.
Xiao Wu pointed out in his speech that China upholds a "people-centered" human rights subject view rather than a narrow and one-sided human rights subject view, adheres to a three-dimensional human rights development path rather than a one-dimensional human rights path, and upholds an inclusive human rights concept rather than a "teacher style" human rights view.
He emphasized that unlike some countries that view their own human rights concepts as the "only correct answer" and use them as a criterion for evaluating human rights in other countries, which interfere in their domestic affairs under the banner of human rights and even launch wars, China opposes the instrumentalization, politicization, and ideological ization of human rights issues, and advocates exploring a path of human rights development that suits its own reality and people's needs.