What is the contemporary significance of the concept of human rights? How to grasp its implications? Does this concept still wield influence in safeguarding individuals’ fundamental needs?
Chinese and foreign scholars recently exchanged their ideas on and observations of human rights in China at a January 20 seminar hosted by the China International Communications Group Center for the Americas (CICG Americas) ahead of the fourth cycle of the universal periodic review of China which was launched by the UN Human Rights Council on January 23.
Many of them agreed that human rights are couched in abstract terms in recent popular Western discourse and that China should offer a comprehensive and culturally grounded perspective on human rights, taking into account each country’s unique historical, cultural and developmental context.
Experts and geopolitical analysts from China, the U.S., Southeast
