In response to the global financial crisis,China’s civil affairs au-thorities redoubled their effort in 2009 to improve the livelihood of the Chinese people and protect their basic rights and interests under the cons...In response to the global financial crisis,China’s civil affairs au-thorities redoubled their effort in 2009 to improve the livelihood of the Chinese people and protect their basic rights and interests under the constitutional principle of respectingand protecting human rights.展开更多
Editor's note: Following is the interview with Civil Affairs Minister Li Xueju on how his ministry and local civil affairs departments perform their duties. These duties include disaster rescue and relief, protect...Editor's note: Following is the interview with Civil Affairs Minister Li Xueju on how his ministry and local civil affairs departments perform their duties. These duties include disaster rescue and relief, protection of senior citizens' rights and interests, care of orphans, physically or mentally retarded children and persons with disabilities, and promotion of grassroots democracy. By performing their duties, we believe, they have contributed much to the development of China's human rights cause.展开更多
Nobody can become an expert on the United Nations in one week. But a week-long training workshop on international human fights treaties in Geneva, Switzerland may herald more active participation of China＇s civil soc...Nobody can become an expert on the United Nations in one week. But a week-long training workshop on international human fights treaties in Geneva, Switzerland may herald more active participation of China＇s civil society in the country＇s commitment to these principles.展开更多
文摘In response to the global financial crisis,China’s civil affairs au-thorities redoubled their effort in 2009 to improve the livelihood of the Chinese people and protect their basic rights and interests under the constitutional principle of respectingand protecting human rights.
文摘Editor's note: Following is the interview with Civil Affairs Minister Li Xueju on how his ministry and local civil affairs departments perform their duties. These duties include disaster rescue and relief, protection of senior citizens' rights and interests, care of orphans, physically or mentally retarded children and persons with disabilities, and promotion of grassroots democracy. By performing their duties, we believe, they have contributed much to the development of China's human rights cause.
文摘Nobody can become an expert on the United Nations in one week. But a week-long training workshop on international human fights treaties in Geneva, Switzerland may herald more active participation of China＇s civil society in the country＇s commitment to these principles.
