简介:The"ShanghaiFive"mechanismwasborninApril1996whentheRepublicofKazakhstan,thePeople’sRepublicofChina,theKyrgyzstanRepublic,theRussianFederationandtheRepublicofTajikistanheldasummitmeetinginShanghai.China.Thereaftertheyholdsummiteveryyearandeachofthemplayhostinturn.TheDushanbeSummitofJuly5,2000wastheirfifthmeeting.AfterfivesummitsfiveheadsofstateextensiveIyexchangedViewsofcommonconcern,and
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简介:OnMarch15,2006,theUnitedNationsGeneralAssemblyadoptedResolution60/251tocreatea47-memberHumanRightsCouncil(theCouncil)inreplacementofa60-year-oldCommissiononHumanRights(theCommission).TheUniversalPeriodicReview(UPR)isanimportantmechanismandpowerthattheresolutionimpartedtotheCouncil.
简介:OnJune1,2007,theStandingCommitteeoftheShanxiProvincialPeople'sCongressapprovedalocaldecreeentitledtheRegulationsonProtectionoftheRightsandInterestsofMigrantWorkers,whichbecameeffectiveonJuly1,2007.TheRegulations,thefirstlocallegislationofitskindeveradoptedbyaChineseprovince,immediatelyfollowedexposureofsomeshockingcasesinwhichhundredsofmigrantworkersfrompoverty-strickenruralareas,includingjuniorandmentallyretardedcitizens,wereheldinvirtualslaveryatillegally-runbrickworksintheprovince.InthecurrentChineseterminology,'migrantworkers'refertorurallaborerswhoareseekingabetterlifebytakingpermanentortemporaryjobsincities.FollowingisaninterviewgivenbyYuYoujunontheRegulationsandtheslavelaborscandal.YuwasgovernorofShanxiProvinceatthetimeoftheinterviewandwasappointedvice-ministerofcultureshortlyaftertheinterview,inAugust2007.