The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Friday, March 11, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

14部新法将于今年制定 (14 new laws to be drafted in 2016)
Legal Daily, March 10, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160310/Articel01004GN.htm

行政强制措施存在滥用代罚问题, 杨克勤代表建议立法授权检察机关进行监督 (Administrative coercive measures being misused as punishment, NPC delegate Yang Keqin suggests authorizing procuratorial supervision by law)
Legal Daily, March 11, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160310/Articel02005GN.htm

山东:法援之光照向更多特困群体 (Shandong: Shining the light of legal aid on even more especially impoverished groups)
Legal Daily, March 10, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160310/Articel02009GN.htm

Related:
北京:困难群体法援绿色通道通畅 (Beijing: legal aid fast lane for disadvantaged groups flows smoothly)
Legal Daily, March 10, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160310/Articel02008GN.htm

Chinese crackdown on lawyers and activists is criticized at U.N.
The New York Times, March 11, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/11/world/asia/un-panel-condemns-chinese-crackdown-on-lawyers-and-activists.html

Related:
Item 2: Joint Statement—Human Rights Situation in China
Mission of the U.S. to the U.N. in Geneva, March 10, 2016
https://geneva.usmission.gov/2016/03/10/item-2-joint-statement-human-rights-situation-in-china/

China accuses U.S. of rape and murder after criticism of human rights record
The Guardian, March 10, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/10/china-attacks-us-hypocrisy-un-human-rights-council