Full report: UN Human Rights Council: Universal Periodic Review of China: No Independent Courts by LRWC
This report details the complete failure of the rule of law2in China through:
a. the absence of an independent judiciary and the required safeguards that would enable lawyers and other human rights defenders to pursue lawful human rights advocacy free from harassment, intimidation, censure and punishment by the government of China; and,
b. China’s use of the courts and of criminal and civil law to prevent human rights enforcement and to punish lawyers and other human rights defenders attempting to enforce human rights in situations that question state actions or policy.
