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Article: Inclusion of Human Rights in the Constitution -- An Important Milestone in China's Human RightsDevelopment (1)
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- March 14, 2004
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Inclusion of Human Rights in the Constitution
-- An Important Milestone in China's Human Rights Development (1)
BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Following is the summary of Dong
Yunhu's comments on China's inclusion of human rights in the
Constitution.
Inclusion of Human Rights in the Constitution
-- An Important Milestone in China's Human Rights Development
by Dong Yunhu
Vice-president and secretary-general of the
China Human Rights Research Society
On March 14, 2004, a proposed amendment to the Constitution was
adopted by the Second Session of the Tenth National People's Congress
(NPC), which stipulates clearly that "the state respects and
safeguards human rights." This is the first ...