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China

Regional group:

Asia – Pacific Group (APG)

Council member:

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Council Bureau membership:	–
Coordinator of regional group:	1 (2007-2008)
Voluntary financial contribution to OHCHR (2022) :

Other HRC positions:	Member of Consultative Group (2009-2010, 2020) Member of Working Group on Situations (2015, 2017)
OHCHR presence:	– No field presence
NHRI accreditation status:	–

National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting, and Follow-up (NMIRF): Unknown

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal; Promoting mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of human rights; Protection of the family; The contribution of development to the enjoyment of all human rights; Access to medicines in the context of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health; Promoting the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health; Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights; Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights; Strengthening of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; Regional cooperation for the promotion and protection of human rights in the Asian and Pacific region. Marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

Voting record

Since it first became a member of the Council in 2006, China has (in the absence of consensus) voted against all resolutions tabled under item 4 (situations that require the Council’s attention). China has also voted against most country-specific resolutions under item 2 (reports by the High Commissioner), although it voted in favour of the item 2 resolutions on Venezuela (2019), Occupied Palestinian Territories (2019) and Burundi (2017). For item 7 resolutions (human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories), China consistently votes in favour. On item 10 resolutions (capacity-building), China has joined consensus on all resolutions except during the voting on the texts on cooperation with Georgia and Ukraine (voted against) and on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (voted in favour). For thematic resolutions dealing with civil and political rights, in the absence of consensus, China has tended to abstain or vote against. The exceptions to this rule are China’s votes on the texts on: the right to freedom of opinion or expression, integrity of the judicial system, firearms, effects of terrorism on the enjoyment of all human rights, use of drones, arbitrary detention and mercenaries (China tends to vote in favour of these initiatives). For thematic resolutions dealing with economic, social and cultural rights, China has either joined consensus on, or has voted in favour of, all adopted texts.

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HRC participation

During HRC general discussions, panel debates and interactive dialogues with the Special Procedures, during the past three years, either as an HRC member or not, the State has joined:

Regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 98

Subregional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 46

Political group
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 109

Cross-regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 61

Other joint
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 5

HRC member empty chair?

Overall, as a HRC member, has participated in more than 10% of panel discussions, general debates and interactive dialogues.

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Completed
Invitation sent by the State not (yet) accepted by the SP
Accepted / date set
Visit request by the SP and not (yet) accepted by the State
Postponed / cancelled

Longest visit request not (yet) accepted by the State >
SR on toxic waste; 2005

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Ratification status
Party Not Party
Individual complaint procedure accepted.
Reporting status

Submitted on time
Submitted late
Not applicable

On schedule
Overdue (outstanding)

CAT

ICCPR

CED

CEDAW

CERD

ICESCR

CRC

CRPD

Most overdue report

CRC
2.38 Years

OP-CAT

Ratified

NPM established

Universal Periodic Review

Reported

(2009, 2013, 2018)

Mid-term report

Level of delegation

Special Envoy

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 57 / 192

2^nd cycle: 173 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Cited in the Secretary General’s reports on 'alleged reprisals for cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights' (2010-2022)?

YES

Response to allegations from government concerned?
YES

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 14

China tabled voluntary pledges and commitments in support for its candidacy for membership for the period 2017-2019 on 4 August 2016.

The document presents a summary of China’s achievements and fulfilment of the pledges and commitments it presented for its previous membership term (2014-2016). It also includes some concrete pledges and commitments for China’s 2017-2019 membership term, including, inter alia, to: continue to promote economic, social and cultural rights; improve its democratic system; fully protect the rights and interests of ethnic minorities, women, children, the elderly and people with disabilities including by adhering to and improving the system of regional autonomy for ethnic minorities; continue its active participation in the Council and cooperate with the Special Procedures.

An analysis of steps taken by China in fulfilment of its international level pledges shows that China is an active participant in the Council’s work. Regarding cooperation with Special Procedures, China only accepted 9 out 27 visit requests, but did respond to 80% of communications. China has continued to promote economic, social and cultural rights by consistently leading on resolutions on the right to health, promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal, and international and regional cooperation.

China

Asia – Pacific Group (APG)

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Voting record

HRC participation

HRC member empty chair?

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Universal Periodic Review

Participation in other reviews 1st cycle: 57 / 192

2nd cycle: 173 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 14

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 57 / 192

2^nd cycle: 173 / 192