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Monday 21 October NGO event in preparation of China’s UPR

October 18, 2013

China’s Second Universal Periodic Review: Challenges and Opportunities on MONDAY 21 October in Room XXV of the Palais des Nations in Geneva 12:30-14:30

FIDH league members will lead an NGO information meeting on key civil society trends and challenges since 2009.

The panel will discuss:

Civil society’s important role in advancing progress and addressing China’s human rights challenges
The challenges to fundamental rights and freedoms presented by national security laws

UN alarmed by reprisals against Chinese activists (thoolen.wordpress.com)

This entry was posted on October 18, 2013 at 16:55 and is filed under human rights, Human Rights Defenders.

Tags: China, Civil society, FIDH, Human right, International Federation for Human Rights, NGO, Non-governmental organization, United Nations, United Nations Human Rights Council, Universal Periodic Review

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