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The protection of new and emerging rights: views from China and Europe

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One can get easily the impression that human rights are in many cases on the top of the agenda of political and cultural debates, and apparently everybody knows exactly what the topic is about. However, much of the debate is a matter of naming and shaming, countries and regions standing against each other without considering … Read more

UPCOMING HRUG REGULAR SEMINAR ON MAY 6TH

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Topic: Community matters – law and pre-legal/informal settings. Presenter: Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz Professor and Principal Investigator, Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute and Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences; 2023 Chinese Government Friendship Award. He focuses on the ecological habits of large mammals in Asia, working with local communities in remote areas of … Read more

The Team of the CSU Human Rights Center Has Successfully Finished the Activities of Visiting and Reporting on the Universal Periodic Review of the Human Rights Council

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From January 22 to February 2, 2024, the 45th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group of the United Nations Human Rights Council was held in Geneva, Switzerland. During the session, Prof. Mao Junxiang, Executive Director of the CSU Human Rights Center, along with the delegation of the China Society for Human Rights … Read more

Human rights-the dark side

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China is frequently criticised for breaching human rights. As the concept of human rights is not a static one, but must be understood as dynamic, there is surely always a reason for critically reflecting on the human rights situation in the world, more concretely in the member states of the United Nations. In order to … Read more

16th  Virtual Exhibition of Psychology of Art

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“Art for Ethnic Minorities’ Rights” This 16th edition of the Virtual Exhibition of Psychology of Art shows examples of works of art that might promote psychological change in perceptions, attitudes and behaviours of defence and promotion of ethnic minorities’ Rights. The works were selected by students of a course in psychology of art (bachelor in psychology – Faculty of … Read more

flawed, funny … very sad though

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I doubt if we can do justice especially after the reading the following tribute. No one can put it better than  this veteran journalist. On the death of DESMOND MPILO TUTU (7 OCTOBER 1931 – 26 DECEMBER 2021) (from the Daily Marverick) George Mpedi Lethokwa, HRUG-member