Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions
The contribution of development to the enjoyment of all human rights, Promoting and protecting economic, social and cultural rights within the context of addressing inequalities in the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, access to medicines, promoting mutually beneficial cooperation, negative impact of the legacies of colonialism, promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal, 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 2021), and Burundi (2017). For item 7 resolutions (human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories), China tends to vote in favour, although in 2009 it voted against two texts: on the Occupied Syrian Golan and the Israeli Settlements in the occupied Palestinian Territories and the occupied Syrian Golan. On item 10 resolutions (capacity-building), China has tended to vote against, except during the voting on the texts on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (voted in favour twice, in 2009 and 2017). 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, right to peace, integrity of the judicial system, firearms, arms transfers, 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.
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:
0
Regional
group statements
Average of statements for all countries: 78
0
Subregional
group statements
Average of statements for all countries: 50
1
Political group
statements
Average of statements for all countries: 109
67
Cross-regional
group statements
Average of statements for all countries: 96
13
Other joint
statements
Average of statements for all countries: 5
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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
Most overdue report
Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments