The ESCR Committee considered China's second Report on the Implementation of ICESCR on May 8, 2014. During the last reporting period, China had made tremendous achievements in such areas as the formulation of a Na...The ESCR Committee considered China's second Report on the Implementation of ICESCR on May 8, 2014. During the last reporting period, China had made tremendous achievements in such areas as the formulation of a National Human Rights Action Plan, abolition of the Re-education Through Labor(RTL) system, implementing the right to social security and free compulsory education. In the consideration, the ESCR Committee raised old issues such as establishment of a national human rights institution, direct domestic application of the ICESCR and trade union rights as well as new ones such as human rights protection in international development or investment projects in developing countries. Nevertheless, the ESCR Committee also made a few recommendations that are not entirely appropriate, including abolition of the household registration system and family planning policy. Meanwhile, the Chinese delegation committed a few inaccuracies in describing the Chinese legal system.展开更多
文摘The ESCR Committee considered China's second Report on the Implementation of ICESCR on May 8, 2014. During the last reporting period, China had made tremendous achievements in such areas as the formulation of a National Human Rights Action Plan, abolition of the Re-education Through Labor(RTL) system, implementing the right to social security and free compulsory education. In the consideration, the ESCR Committee raised old issues such as establishment of a national human rights institution, direct domestic application of the ICESCR and trade union rights as well as new ones such as human rights protection in international development or investment projects in developing countries. Nevertheless, the ESCR Committee also made a few recommendations that are not entirely appropriate, including abolition of the household registration system and family planning policy. Meanwhile, the Chinese delegation committed a few inaccuracies in describing the Chinese legal system.
