China and the International Human Rights Regime - 1982-2017

Rana Siu Inboden analyses China's role in the international human rights regime from the early 1980s until 2017. She provides insights into the motivations and influences driving China's subtle yet persistent efforts to constrain the international human rights regime and explores China's rising position as a global power.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. China's Evolving Posture Toward the International Human Rights Regime: 1949-2017; 3. China, the Convention Against Torture and the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture: 1982-2002; 4. China and the Establishment of the Human Rights Council: 2004-2007; 5. China and the International Labour Organization's Conference Committee on the Application of Standards, 1983-2017; 6. Explaining China's Behavior; 7. Conclusion.

About the author

Rana Siu Inboden is Distinguished Scholar with the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas. She formerly worked on China policy at the US State Department and has consulted for a number of organizations implementing projects in China.

Summary

Rana Siu Inboden analyses China's role in the international human rights regime from the early 1980s until 2017. She provides insights into the motivations and influences driving China's subtle yet persistent efforts to constrain the international human rights regime and explores China's rising position as a global power.

Product details

• Authors: Rana Siu Inboden, Rana Siu (University of Texas Inboden
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781108841078
• ISBN: 978-1-108-84107-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, 20th Century, HISTORY / Asia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Asian History, Civil rights & citizenship, International institutions, Human rights, civil rights