China and the International Human Rights System: From Passive Participation to Value Practice

• 作者: XU Yan ZHANG Aining
• 来源期刊: 人权（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（2）
• 所属期刊栏目: ACADEMIC MONOGRAPH
• 页码范围: 221-237
• 页数: 17页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

China's participation in the international human rights system is mainly attributed to China's reform and opening-up since 1978. The most important influence of the international human rights system on China is the change of the Chinese government's governing philosophy, the awakening of domestic people's rights awareness, the popularization and deepening of human rights concept and human rights awareness. However, China's participation in the international human rights system is not completely passive. China's participation in the international human rights system is both a strategic issue and an inevitable result of domestic political choice. It reflects China's understanding of human rights from a formal recognition to a major change in value recognition. There is a process of mutual influence, interaction and mutual recognition between China and the interna-tional human rights system. While learning and internalizing existing international human rights norms, and adjusting its behaviors with existing international human rights norms, China is also affecting the evolution of the international human rights system with its human rights stance, human rights views and its capabilities of continuous growth.