Pioneering a New Realm of Human Rights Civilization in the Chinese Path to Modernization——An Overview of the Symposium on“The Chinese Path to Modernization and the Promotion of Free and Comprehensive Human Development”

On October 14,2023,a symposium themed“The Chinese Path to Modernization and the Promotion of Free and Comprehensive Human Development”was held in Changchun,Jilin Province,China.More than fifty experts,scholars,and researchers from national institutions and universities engaged in discussions and exchanges on human rights on the Chinese path to modernization,including the path,practice,knowledge systems,and civilization forms of human rights.This symposium played a significant role in advancing the construction of the disciplinary system,academic system,and discourse system of human rights in China.

On the Effectiveness of“Cross-cultural Consensus”on Human Rights--Reflecting on Zhang Pengchun’s Contributions to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

In the example of formulating the Universal Declara-tion of Human Rights in 1948,which involved international human rights discourse,the“cross-cultural consensus”put forward based on Confucian culture by Zhang pengchun,the Chinese representative at that time,is widely considered an empirical reference for resolving confrontations and conflicts in the practice of human rights discourse.However,the effectiveness of this kind of cross-cultural consensus in addressing confrontations and conflicts is worth considering.Under the presumption of cultural differences,any attempt to resolve confrontations and conflicts in the human rights discourse must address the inherently controversial issues.the settlement of disputes and differences depends on how deep the consensus involves the values.Based on this,it reveals that the effectiveness of Zhang pengchun’s so-called contribution is limited.therefore,we should not overstate its relevance to the current human rights discourse.

The Three Aspects of “Human Existence” from the Human Rights Perspective

At present,the West overrides the east in international human rights discourse.In order to break through the shackles,it is imperative to provide legal support for China’s human rights discourse.taking the concept of“human existence”as the fulcrum and comparing it with nature,otherness,and community as the reference,the human being showcases triple facets:“individual person”,“person in relations”,and“person with rights”,which correspond to the three personal perspectives and progressively deduce the subjectivity of human beings,the world history of human rights,and the comprehensive and free development of human rights discourse.the concept of“individual person”is the starting point of human rights,and the harmonious,moral concept of subjectivity provides an orderly basis for the importance of the“right to subsistence and right to development”.“person in relations”represents the externality of human rights,and the world-historical view of time and space has laid the value foundation for the unity of“universality and particularity of human rights”.“person with rights”is the goal of human rights,and the concept of cooperation for the well-rounded and free development of human rights paves the conceptual way for the realization of people’s well-being.