International Human Rights Materials Related to China

Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) 

Foundational United Nations Human Rights Documents
Core United Nations Human Rights Instruments Signed, Ratified, or Acceded to by China 
Other Treaties, Agreements or Conventions on Human Rights 
OHCHR Country Profile on China 
Special Rapporteurs and Working Groups of the UN Commission on Human Rights

Foundational United Nations Documents

UN Charter 
Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Core United Nations Documents Signed, Ratified, or Acceded to by China

International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 
(Ratified 27 March 2001)

1-1 China's Reports

1-1-1 E/1990/5/Add.43 (1999) (Hong Kong SAR)
1-1-2 E/1990/5/Add.59 (2004)

1-2 UN Concluding Observations

1-2-1 CESCR/E/2002/22 (2001) (Hong Kong SAR) (pdf)1
1-2-2 CESCR/E/C.12/1/ADD.107 (2005)    

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 
(Signed 5 October 1998; not yet ratified)

2-1 China's Reports

2-1-1 CCPR/C/HKSAR/99/1 (1999)
2-1-2 CCPR/C/HKSAR/99/1/Add.1 (1999)

2-2 UN Concluding Observations

2-2-1 CCPR/A/55/40 (2000) (Hong Kong SAR) (pdf)

Convention on Rights of the Child (CRC) 
(Ratified 3 March 1992)

3-1 China's Reports

3-1-1 CRC/C/11/Add.7 (1995)
3-1-2 CRC/C/83/Add.10 (2003) (Hong Kong SAR)
3-1-3 CRC/C/83/Add.11 (2003) (Macau SAR)

3-2 UN Concluding Observations

3-2-1 CRC/A/53/41 (1998) (pdf)

Convention Against Torture (CAT)  
(Ratified 4 October 1988)

4-1 China's Reports

4-1-1 CAT/C/7/Add.14 (1993) (pdf)
4-1-2 CAT/C/20/Add.5 (1995)
4-1-3 CAT/C/39/Add.2 (1999)

4-2 UN Concluding Observations

4-2-1 From CAT/A/45/44 (1990) to CAT/A/55/44 (2000) (pdf)

Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)  
(Acceded to 29 December 1981)

5-1 China's Reports

5-1-1 ERD/C/275/Add.2 (1996)
5-1-2 CERD/C/357/Add.4 (2000)
5-1-3 CERD/C/357/Add.4,PartII (2000)
5-1-4 CERD/C/357/Add.4,PartIII (2000)

5-2 UN Concluding Observations

5-2-1 From CERD/A/38/18 (1983) to CERD/A/56/18 (2001) (pdf)

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) 
(Ratified 18 November 1980)

6-1 China's Reports

6-1-1 CEDAW/C/5/Add.14 (1983)
6-1-2 CEDAW/C/13/Add.26 (1989)
6-1-3 CEDAW/C/CHN/3-4 (1997)
6-1-4 CEDAW/C/CHN/3-4/Add.1 (1998)  (pdf)
6-1-5 CEDAW/C/CHN/3-4/Add.2 (1998)  (pdf)
6-1-6 CEDAW/C/CHN/3-4/Corr.1 (1999)  (pdf)
6-1-7 CEDAW/C/CHN/5-6/Add.1 (2004)  (pdf)
6-1-8 CEDAW/C/CHN/5-6/Add.2 (2004)  (pdf)

6-2 UN Concluding Observations

6-2-1 From CEDAW/A/39/45 (1984) toCEDAW/A/54/38/Rev.1 (1999) (pdf)

More Treaties, Agreements or Conventions on Human Rights

OHCHR Country Profile on China 

Special Rapporteurs and Working Groups of the UN Commission on Human Rights

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Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

1-1 July 1996 China Preparatory Visit Report

Document Number: E/CN.4/1997/4
Date: 17 December 1996

1-2 October 1997 China Visit Report

Document Number: E/CN.4/1998/44/Add.2
Date: 22 December 1997

1-3 September 2004 Mission to China

Document Number: E/CN.4/2005/6/Add.4
Date: 29 December 2004

1-4 Report: Civil and Political Rights, Including the Question of Torture and Detention

         Document Number: E/CN.4/2005/6
         Date: 1 December 2004

1-5  Report: Opinions Adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

        Document Number: E/CN.4/2005/6/Add.1
        Date: 19 November 2004

1-6 Individual Cases Reported by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

Special Rapporteur for Religious Freedom  

2-1 1994 China Visit Report

Document Number: E/CN.4/1995/91
Date: 22 December 1994

2-2 Report: Civil and Political Rights, Including the Question of Religious Tolerance

Document Number: E/CN.4/2003/66
Date: 6 January 2003

2-3 Report: Civil and Political Rights, Including the Question of Religious Tolerance

Document Number: E/CN.4/2001/63
Date: 13 February 2001

2-4 Report: Civil and Political Rights, Including the Question of Religious Tolerance

Document Number: E/CN.4/2000/65
Date: 15 February 2000

Special Rapporteur on Torture

3-1 Report: Civil and Political Rights, Including the Questions of Torture and Detention/Addendum-Summary of Cases Transmitted to Governments and Replies Received

Document Number: E/CN.4/2004/56/Add.1
Date: 23 March 2004   

3-2 Report: Questions of the Human Rights of All Persons Subjected to Any Form of Detention  or Imprisonment, in Particular: Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Document Number: E/CN.4/2002/76/Add.1
Date: 14 March 2002

3-3 Report: Civil and Political Rights, Including the Questions of Torture and Detention

Document Number: E/CN.4/2000/9
Date: 2 February 2000

3-4 Individual Cases Reported by the Special Rapporteur on Torture

Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions

4-1 Report: Civil and Political Rights, Including the Question of Disappearance and Summary Executions/ Addendum-Summary of Cases Transmitted to Governments and Replies Received

Document Number: E/CN.4/2004/62/Add.1
Date: 26 March 2004

4-2 Report: Civil and Political Rights, Including the Question of Disappearance and Summary Executions/ Addendum-Summary of Cases Transmitted to Governments and Replies Received

Document Number: E/CN.4/2003/3/Add.1
Date: 12 February 2003

4-3 Report: Civil and Political Rights, Including the Question of Disappearance and Summary Executions/ Addendum-Summary of Cases Transmitted to Governments and Replies Received

Document Number: E/CN.4/2000/3/Add.1
Date: 2 February 2000

Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression

5-1 Report: Civil and Political Rights, Including the Question of Freedom of Expression/ Addendum-Summary of Cases Transmitted to Governments and Replies Received

Document Number: E/CN.4/2003/67/Add.1
Date: 20 February 2003

5-2 Report: Civil and Political Rights, Including the Question of Freedom of Expression

Document Number: E/CN.4/2001/64
Date: 13 February 2001

5-3 Report: Civil and Political Rights, Including the Question of Freedom of Expression

Document Number: E/CN.4/2000/63
Date: 18 January 2000

Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers

6-1 Report: Civil and Political Rights, Including the Question of Independence of the Judiciary Administration of Justice, Impunity/ Addendum-Situations in Specific Countries or Territories

Document Number: E/CN.4/2004/60/Add.1
Date: 4 March 2004

6-2 Report: Civil and Political Rights, Including the Question of Independence of the Judiciary Administration of Justice, Impunity

Document Number: E/CN.4/2001/65
Date: 1 February 2001

6-3 Report: Civil and Political Rights, Including the Question of Independence of the Judiciary Administration of Justice, Impunity

Document Number: E/CN.4/2000/61
Date: 21 February 2000

Working Group on Minorities

7-1 Report: China's Minorities-The Case of Xinjiang and the Uyghur People  

Document Number: E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.5/2003/WP.16
Date: 5 May 2003

Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing

8-1 Report: Annual Report by the Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing

Document Number: E/CN.4/2003/5
Date: 3 March 2003