1st Edition

China, the UN and Human Rights Implications for World Politics

By Christopher B Primiano Copyright 2020
144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

Addressing the problem of reconciling China’s voting record in the UN on human rights and repressive policy at home, this book argues that domestic factors determine the way the Chinese government acts on wider human rights issues. China has a very active voting record in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on human rights resolutions and is active internationally on such rights,... Read more

Introduction

Chapter One: Human Rights According to China

Chapter Two: China’s actions over the years on human rights and international politics: more of the same or fundamental change?

Chapter Three: Concern about the Domestic Threat

Chapter Four: China’s Voting on Non-Country-Specific Human Rights Resolutions

Chapter Five: Calling out Developed Countries, but Protecting Developing Countries

Conclusion

Biography

Christopher B. Primiano will join KIMEP University in August 2019 as an assistant professor of international relations. He received his Ph.D. from the Division of Global Affairs at Rutgers University–Newark and his research focuses on Chinese domestic and international politics.