Wenchi Yu Perkins of the USA Congressional-Executive Commission on China has posted the following information to the China Law Discussion list
Dear Colleagues,
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China’s (CECC) 2008 Annual Report on human rights conditions and the development of the rule of law in China is now available online at:
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_house_hearings&docid=f:45233.pdf
The Table of Contents
Preface ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 1
General Overview ………………………………………………………………………………………. 3
I. Executive Summary and Recommendations ……………………………………………… 8
Findings and Recommendations by Substantive Area ……………………………. 8
Political Prisoner Database ………………………………………………………………….. 27
II. Human Rights ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 32
Rights of Criminal Suspects and Defendants ………………………………………… 32
Worker Rights ……………………………………………………………………………………… 41
Freedom of Expression …………………………………………………………………………. 57
Freedom of Religion ……………………………………………………………………………… 73
Ethnic Minority Rights ………………………………………………………………………… 94
Population Planning …………………………………………………………………………….. 96
Freedom of Residence …………………………………………………………………………… 103
Liberty of Movement ……………………………………………………………………………. 113
Status of Women …………………………………………………………………………………. 115
Human Trafficking ………………………………………………………………………………. 118
North Korean Refugees in China ………………………………………………………….. 124
Public Health ………………………………………………………………………………………. 128
Environment ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 133
2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games ………………………………………………….. 139
III. Development of the Rule of Law ……………………………………………………………. 144
Civil Society ………………………………………………………………………………………… 144
Institutions of Democratic Governance …………………………………………………. 147
Commercial Rule of Law ………………………………………………………………………. 153
Access to Justice ………………………………………………………………………………….. 163
IV. Xinjiang ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 168
V. Tibet ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 182
VI. Developments in Hong Kong …………………………………………………………………. 205
VII. Endnotes …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 212
Wenchi Yu Perkins
Congressional-Executive Commission on China
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Washington, DC 20515
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E-mail: wenchi.perkins(at)mail.house.gov
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