Ireland-China Human Rights Academic Exchange
Building capacity within China on human rights issues is making, and will continue to make, an important contribution towards reform within China. Although China has not yet ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the level of serious discussion about related issues suggests that ratification is not far off.
In recognition of this, Development Cooperation Ireland made a grant of 80,000 Euro to the Irish Centre for Human Rights in 2005 to build upon and deepen the exchanges and debates of the EU-China Human Rights Network by establishing the Ireland-China Human Rights Academic Exchange.
The overall aim of the project is to promote the rule of law and respect for human rights in the People’s Republic of China by building on the relationship developed between the Irish Centre for Human Rights and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing. The project will provide China with human rights expertise at the highest academic level from Ireland in both the context of the ratification and implementation of the two international human rights covenants and other human rights instruments. This will place Ireland in a central role in the development of human rights in China.
In April 2006, the Centre hosted its first expert level meeting under the auspices of the Ireland-China Academic Exchange Project. This meeting was followed in May 2006 by a visiting delegation from the People’s Procuratorate system of the People’s Republic of China. The delegation was received by NUI Galway president Iognáid Ó Muircheartaigh and hosted by the Centre.
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