The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and China's Actions

Aimed at eliminating all forms discrimination against women, ensuring human rights and fundamental freedoms for women in all fields and realizing de-facto equality between men and women, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women adopted by the U.N. General Assembly is a most significant and most comprehensive legal document concerning the protection of human rights of women, which is called "The Charter of the Human Rights of Women." This thesis reviews the achievements and problems in the fulfillment by the Chinese government of obligations under the Convention after signing and ratifying it; and also puts forward some feasible approaches for improvement thereof.

The Convention of Die Casting Industry

The 8th China International Diecasting Congress & Exhibition June 17-22,2012 Shanghai Rhea Lakeview Hotel Shanghai New International Expo Centre(SNIEC) Organized by the Foundry Institution of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society(FICMES) and the Productivity Promotion Center of Foundry Industry of China,the 8th China International Diecasting Congress&Exhibition is to beheld on June 17-22,2012 in Shanghai.This convention will providean opportunity for the diecasting professionals from China and the rest of the world to meet and discuss frontier technical development indie casting industry。

Protection of Women's Rights Means Human Rights Protection——Marking the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

On December 18, 1979, the 34th General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women with an overwhelming majority of the votes in its favor. Over the past 30 years, the Convention has come to be known by increasing numbers of governments and people, particularly women＇s organizations. It has played an increasingly great role in protecting women＇s rights and enhancing women＇s status in society.

The “Transcendental” Interpretation of the Concept of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind: The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Its Implementation in China

The concept of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind provides new theoretical support for the special protection of the rights of persons with disabilities. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is innovative in terms of its purposes and principles, logic and technology, and the actual implementation of the contracting parties, which is unique in the field of international human rights law. It is a "transcendental" interpretation of the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind and enhances the ethical values of international human rights law. The development of the cause of persons with disabilities in China is positively influenced by the values reflected in the concept of a community of shared Future for mankind and meanwhile highlights them, which provides "Chinese experiences" for the international cause of persons with disabilities.

WELCOMING THE CONVENTION OF THE 18TH PACIFIC SCIENCE CONGRESS IN CHINA

The 18th Pacific Science Congress is to convene in Beijing on June 6-12,1995.This will be a large-scale and comprehensive meeting of international academic circles. Its theme is "population,resources & environment: prospects & countermeasures".At the time when today’s world, and the Pacific Rim in particular,is being challenged by many vital problems,such as the population explosion,depleting natural resources and ecological deterioration in its sustained and steady development, the scheduled content of this session will discuss those problems, exchange research results,analyze

A Judicial Empirical Study on the Principle of “the Best Interests of the Child”——From the Principles of National Conventions to the Building of Adjudication Norms

“The best interests of the child”is an essential principle of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.Due to the abstractness and ambiguity of this principle,its application is inevitably subject to the judge’s personality.Through empirical analysis,we can find that the judicial documents invoking the principle of“the best interests of the child”by Chinese courts show a significant increase in the number of disputes,types of disputes,and pronounced regional characteristics.The application of this principle by the courts is highly consistent with the judicial interpretative documents issued by the Supreme People’s Court.The invocation of this principle plays the role of interpreting the provisions of the law,the value basis for discretion,and the value orientation for shaping new rules in adjudication.At the same time,it is plagued by a lack of guidelines for the application of principles,invocations that serve the will of judges,and imperfect thinking in weighing the various factors involved.The application of this principle should be improved by setting normative standards for the principle of“the best interests of the child”,increasing case guidance for invoking the principle,and enhancing the professionalism of judges.

Division of desertification climate types and determination of potential range of desertification in China

Distribution of desertification climate types in China was analyzed using Thornthwaite's method on calculating potential evapotranspiration (PE), according to the definition provided by the United Nations Convention, by employing meteorological records from 1864 stations in China. The annual PE and the humidity indices were calculated for every station, based on which a distribution map of HI was constructed. The potential range of desertification in China was obtained for the first time, about 3.32 million km2 and makes up about 34.6 percent of the country. The distribution map of HI was compared with the vegetation map of China and the precipitation map of China respectively. In eastern and northern China, the distribution of climate types is basically acceptable, but for QinghaiTibetan Plateau, where Thornthwaite's method on calculating PE is not quite suitable, the isopleths are deviated to the northern side and the potential range of desertification is smaller than expected.