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.

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Focus Topic: Extreme Poverty and Human Rights (专题:赤贫和人权)

End-of-mission statement on China, by Professor Philip Alston, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, August 23, 2016
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20402&LangID=E

China: “Poverty alleviation needs to be accompanied by accountability”–UN expert on extreme poverty and human rights
中国:“减缓贫穷需伴随着问责”——联合国赤贫和人权问题专家
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, August 23, 2016
EN: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20404&LangID=E#sthash.OUfqUeh0.dpuf
CH: http://www.ohchr.org/CH/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20404&LangID=C

Related:
UN expert on extreme poverty and human rights to visit China
联合国赤贫和人权问题专家即将访问中国
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, August 10, 2016
EN: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20356&LangID=E#sthash.liTWhFZm.02ZoFW0f.dpuf
CH: http://www.ohchr.org/CH/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20356&LangID=C

补贴“被领取”,村民不知情 (Their subsidies were being “withdrawn,” but the villagers had no idea)
Procuratorate Daily, August 22, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20160818/20160818_005/20160818_005_1.htm

云南鲁甸一副局长震后重建中受贿, 获刑1年3个月 (Deputy bureau chief in Yunnan's Ludian County who took bribes in post-earthquake reconstruction sentenced to one year and three months)
Xinhua, August 18, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2016-08/18/c_129239520.htm

扶贫开发难点较多, 亟需靠法律途径解决, 代表委员建议制定扶贫法 (Committee delegates propose poverty assistance law: Legal channels urgently needed to resolve numerous difficulties in expanding poverty alleviation)
Legal Daily, March 14, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160314/Articel06003GN.htm