International Human Rights Materials


Foundational United Nations Documents | Core United Nations Documents Signed, Ratified, or Acceded to by China | Special Rapporteurs and Working Groups of the UN Commission on Human Rights
 

 

Foundational United Nations Documents

United Nations Charter

Effective October 24, 1945

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Effective December 10, 1948


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

International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

Adopted by the General Assembly December 16, 1966
Effective January 3, 1976
Ratified by China March 27, 2001

China's Reports
Document Number: E/1990/5/Add.43 (1999) (Hong Kong SAR)
Document Number: E/1990/5/Add.59 (2004)

UN Concluding Observations
Document Number: CESCR/E/2002/22 (2001) (Hong Kong SAR)
Document Number: CESCR/E/C.12/1/Add.107 (2005)

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Adopted by the General Assembly December 16, 1966
Effective March 23, 1976
Signed by China October 5, 1998; not yet ratified

China's Reports
Document Number: CCPR/C/HKSAR/99/1 (1999)
Document Number: CCPR/C/HKSAR/99/1/Add.1 (1999)

UN Concluding Observations
Document Number: CCPR/A/55/40 (2000) (Hong Kong SAR)

Convention on the Rights of the Child

Adopted by the General Assembly November 20, 1989
Effective September 2, 1990
Ratified by China March 3, 1992

China's Reports
Document Number: CRC/C/11/Add.7 (1995)
Document Number: CRC/C/83/Add.9 (Part I) (2004) (Hong Kong SAR)
Document Number: CRC/C/83/Add.9 (Part II) (2004) (Macau SAR)

UN Concluding Observations
Document Number: CRC/A/53/41 (1998)

Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Adopted by the General Assembly December 10, 1984
Effective June 26, 1987
Ratified by China October 4, 1988

China's Reports
Document Number: CAT/C/7/Add.14 (1993)
Document Number: CAT/C/20/Add.5 (1995)
Document Number: CAT/C/39/Add.2 (1999)

UN Concluding Observations
Document Number: CAT/A/45/44 (1990)
Document Number: CAT/A/48/44 (1993)
Document Number: CAT/A/51/44 (1996)
Document Number: CAT/A/55/44 (2000)

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

Adopted by the General Assembly December 21, 1965
Effective January 4, 1969
Acceded to by China December 29, 1981

China's Reports
Document Number: CERD/C/275/Add.2 (1996)
Document Number: CERD/C/357/Add.4 (2000)
Document Number: CERD/C/357/Add.4,Part II (2000)
Document Number: CERD/C/357/Add.4,Part III (2000)

UN Concluding Observations
Document Number: CERD/A/38/18 (1983)
Document Number: CERD/A/42/18 (1987)
Document Number: CERD/A/45/18 (1990)
Document Number: CERD/A/51/18 (1996)
Document Number: CERD/A/56/18 (2001)

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

Adopted by the General Assembly December 18, 1979
Effective September 3, 1981
Ratified by China November 18, 1980

China's Reports
Document Number: CEDAW/C/5/Add.14 (1983)
Document Number: CEDAW/C/13/Add.26 (1989)
Document Number: CEDAW/C/CHN/3-4 (1997)
Document Number: CEDAW/C/CHN/3-4/Add.1 (1998)
Document Number: CEDAW/C/CHN/3-4/Add.2 (1998)
Document Number: CEDAW/C/CHN/3-4/Corr.1 (1999)
Document Number: CEDAW/C/CHN/5-6/Add.1 (2004)
Document Number: CEDAW/C/CHN/5-6/Add.2 (2004)

UN Concluding Observations
Document Number: CEDAW/A/39/45 (1984)
Document Number: CEDAW/A/47/38 (1992)
Document Number: CEDAW/A/54/38/Rev.1 (1999)

Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees

Adopted by the General Assembly December 14, 1950
Effective April 22, 1954
Acceded to by China September 24, 1982

Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees

Adopted by the General Assembly December 16, 1966
Effective October 4, 1967
Acceded to by China September 24, 1982

Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime

Adopted by the General Assembly November 15, 2000
Effective December 25, 2003
Acceded to by China February 8, 2010

Convention on the Rights of Disabled Persons

Adopted by the General Assembly December 13, 2006
Effective May 3, 2008
Ratified by China August 1, 2008

Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action

Adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women September 15, 1995
Endorsed by the General Assembly December 22, 1995

Programme of Action of the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development

Issued by the International Conference on Population and Development October 18, 1994

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100)

Adopted by the International Labour Organization June 29, 1951
Effective May 23, 1953
Ratified by China November 2, 1990

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111)

Adopted by the International Labour Organization June 25, 1958
Effective June 15, 1960
Ratified by China January 12, 2006

Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)

Adopted by the International Labour Organization June 26, 1973
Effective June 19, 1976
Ratified by China April 28, 1999

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144)

Adopted by the International Labour Organization June 21, 1976
Effective May 16, 1978
Ratified by China November 2, 1990

Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182)

Adopted by the International Labour Organization June 17, 1999
Effective November 19, 2000
Ratified by China August 8, 2002

Safety and Health in Construction Convention, 1988 (No. 167)

Adopted by the International Labour Organization June 20, 1988
Effective June 11, 1991
Ratified by China March 7, 2002

Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155)

Adopted by the International Labour Organization June 22, 1981
Effective August 11, 1983
Ratified by China January 25, 2007

OHCHR Country Profile on China

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

Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

July 1996 China Preparatory Visit Report
Document Number: E/CN.4/1997/4
December 17, 1996

October 1997 China Visit Report
Document Number: E/CN.4/1998/44/Add.2
December 22, 1997

September 2004 Mission to China
Document Number: E/CN.4/2005/6/Add.4
December 29, 2004

Report: Civil and Political Rights, Including the Question of Torture and Detention
Document Number: E/CN.4/2005/6
December 1, 2004

Report: Opinions Adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
Document Number: E/CN.4/2005/6/Add.1
November 19, 2004

Individual Cases Reported by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

Special Rapporteur for Religious Freedom

1994 China Visit Report
Document Number: E/CN.4/1995/91
December 22, 1994

Report: Civil and Political Rights, Including the Question of Religious Tolerance
Document Number: E/CN.4/2003/66
January 6, 2003

Report: Civil and Political Rights, Including the Question of Religious Tolerance
Document Number: E/CN.4/2001/63
February 3, 2001

Report: Civil and Political Rights, Including the Question of Religious Tolerance
Document Number: E/CN.4/2000/65
February 15, 2000

Special Rapporteur on Torture

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
March 23, 2004   

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
March 14, 2002

Report: Civil and Political Rights, Including the Questions of Torture and Detention
Document Number: E/CN.4/2000/9
February 2, 2000

Individual Cases Reported by the Special Rapporteur on Torture

Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions

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
March 26, 2004

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
February 12, 2003

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
February 2, 2000

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

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
February 20, 2003

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

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

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

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

Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers

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
March 4, 2004

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

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

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

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

Working Group on Minorities (now Forum on Minority Issues)

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

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

Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing

Report: Annual Report by the Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing

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