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"Asian Human Rights Forum – Environment, Climate Change and Human Rights" Held in Beijing

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November 27, 2022

Newspaper, Beijing, November 26 (Reporter Yi Shuran) The "Asian Human Rights Forum–Environment, Climate Change and Human Rights" international seminar hosted by Renmin University of China kicked off in Beijing on November 26. Participants from more than 20 Asian countries and Experts and scholars from the region participated in this forum online.

Lin Shangli, President of Renmin University of China, said in the opening speech of the forum that the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to "stick to the path of human rights development in China, actively participate in global human rights governance, and promote the comprehensive development of human rights", which reflects the consistent unity of the Communist Party of China and leads the people to create a better life His political awareness and historical initiative issued a political declaration that Chinese Communists in the new era will unswervingly respect and protect human rights. Renmin University of China will focus on major theoretical and practical issues such as the development of people's democracy in the whole process and ensuring that the people are the masters of the country, conduct in-depth investigations and research, study and explore, organize and coordinate research, vigorously strengthen human rights theoretical research and international exchanges, and continue to deepen cooperation with international organizations and Cooperation with universities and scientific research institutions in Asian countries.

Jiang Jianguo, deputy director of the Ethnic and Religious Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and executive vice president of the China Society for Human Rights Studies, pointed out that protecting the ecological environment and addressing climate change are common challenges faced by all mankind. Asian human rights exchanges and cooperation have a fine tradition and a solid foundation of consensus. We must build a solid foundation for peace and stability, promote common development, uphold the principle of mutual respect, promote equal exchanges, adhere to the concept of dialogue and cooperation, maintain fairness and justice, adhere to green and low-carbon development, To build a clean and beautiful Asia, we always adhere to the people-centered concept, promote cooperation through unity, promote development through cooperation, promote human rights through development, promote the common well-being of Asian people with Asian wisdom, and promote the sustainable development of human rights civilization.

Focusing on the theme of "Environment, Climate Change and Human Rights", this forum set up the concept of human rights from an Asian perspective, the basic theories of environmental rights, the achievements and experiences of environmental rights protection in Asian countries, legal adjustments under climate change, and the legal system under climate change. State and social action, rights protection under climate change, national and international safeguard mechanisms for environmental rights, environmental rights and sustainable development goals, procedural environmental rights, gender, equality and climate change, food, health and the environment, and youth forums 12 units including special units.

The guests at the meeting summarized the experience and achievements of environmental and human rights protection in Asian countries over the past decade, discussed environmental rights from the perspective of human rights and their realization in the context of climate change, and respectively presented "Climate Change and Human Rights Protection: China's Efforts and In-depth exchanges and discussions were carried out on the themes of "contribution", "new concept of ecological civilization", "environmental rights and codes", "international and regional cooperation mechanisms for environmental protection rights", and "real opportunities for the construction of human rights consensus in Asian countries".

Everyone said that China has vigorously promoted the construction of ecological civilization in recent years, and has paid more attention to environmental health and procedural environmental rights, and the environmental human rights enjoyed by citizens have been better protected. At present, climate change has become a global issue. It is necessary to further enrich the knowledge system of human rights law, promote the in-depth study of environmental rights theory, and form a theoretical standpoint and viewpoint on environmental rights with Asian characteristics and in line with Asian political and cultural backgrounds, so as to effectively deal with climate change for human beings. Change, human rights protection, contribution to Asian programs, Asian wisdom.

"People's Daily" (version 03, November 27, 2022)

(Editors in charge: Yuan Bo, Hu Yongqiu)

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