On June 24, the Information Office of the State Council released the white paper "the great practice of the Communist Party of China in respecting and protecting human rights", which systematically explained the achievements of the Communist Party of China in respecting and protecting human rights in the 100 years since its founding. On the same day, the Information Office of the State Council held a briefing to introduce the CPC's concept and practice of respecting and protecting human rights and answer questions from reporters.

"The Communist Party of China was born for the cause of human rights, and it has continued to grow and develop because of the cause of human rights." Lu Guangjin, Secretary-General of the Chinese Society for Human Rights Studies and Professor of the Law School of Jilin University, introduced from three aspects that under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, China has made great human rights achievements: it has created new achievements in respecting and protecting human rights, and has built human respect and The new concept of protecting human rights has opened up a new world of human rights civilization. "Without the Communist Party, there would be no achievements in China's human rights cause today. At present, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, the Chinese people are working hard to achieve the goal of the second century of struggle and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and China's human rights protection will surely reach new heights and make new and greater achievements." Lu Guangjin said.

China has always been committed to promoting the development of human rights in the world and has done a lot of work. In response to a reporter's question, he Zhipeng, dean of the Law School of Jilin University and executive director of the Human Rights Research Center, said that China's concept of "building a community with a shared future for mankind" and the "Belt and Road Initiative" initiative are all contributing to the development of the world's human rights cause.

When a reporter asked what key tasks the judicial organs have done in protecting human rights, Li Xiao, a first-level inspector of the Research Office of the Supreme People's Court, said that respecting and protecting human rights is a main line that has always run through the work of the people's courts. Li Xiao summed up the efforts made by judicial organs in protecting human rights with several key words: judicial reform, judicial responsibility system, case registration system, protection of the right to defense, judicial openness, the right to a fair trial and judicial relief. In these areas, our country has made great achievements. "The judicial organs focus on the work goal of making the people feel fair and just in every judicial case, adhere to the principle of justice for the people, fair justice, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of the parties in accordance with the law, and continuously enhance the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security." Li Xiao said.

"With the people's liberation and happiness as its mission, the Communist Party of China has continuously explored a national system to realize people's freedom and equality in the course of the past 100 years." In response to a reporter's question, Zhang Wanhong, executive director of the Institute of Human Rights of Wuhan University, said that the happy life of the people is the greatest human right, and everyone, regardless of their gender, age and other factors, can develop themselves and contribute to society with dignity, and share the opportunity to shine in life and make their dreams come true.

"When talking about human rights, what we emphasize is to adhere to the principle of universality of human rights. At the same time, we oppose the universal view of human rights." Lu Guangjin said, "We mainly adhere to three principles in developing the cause of human rights: first, we adhere to the principle of universality of human rights, we have signed and ratified a number of human rights conventions, and we abide by the universal requirements of international human rights. Secondly, we should proceed from China's actual situation and national conditions, and we should not simply copy and copy them. In addition, we should oppose human rights as a 'bat '."

"We must unswervingly adhere to the party's leadership, unswervingly adhere to the socialist system, unswervingly respect and protect human rights, and promote development in a coordinated manner." Lu Guangjin said.

People's Daily (07 Edition, June 25, 2021)

(Editor: Xie Qian, Yan Yan)