China and the international human rights regime, 1982-2017 / Rana Siu Inboden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Inboden, Rana Siu, 1973- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations Human Rights Council.

International Labour Organization. Conference Committee on the Application of Standards.

International Labour Organization.

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984 December 10).

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

Human rights--China.

Human rights.

Human rights--International cooperation.

International law and human rights--China.

International law and human rights.

China--Foreign relations--1976-.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 296 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Rana Siu Inboden examines China's role in the international human rights regime between 1982 and 2017 and, through this lens, explores China's rising position in the world. Focusing on three major case studies - the drafting and adoption of the Convention against Torture and the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, the establishment of the UN Human Rights Council, and the International Labour Organization's Conference Committee on the Application of Standards - Inboden shows China's subtle yet persistent efforts to constrain the international human rights regime. Based on a range of documentary and archival research, as well as extensive interview data, Inboden provides fresh insights into the motivations and influences driving China's conduct and explores China's rising position as a global power.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title page

Copyright information

Dedication

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

1 Introduction

International Regimes and State Roles

Makers

Promoter

Taker

Constrainer

Breaker

Explaining PRC Posture toward the Human Rights Regimes

The Chinese Government's Antipathy for International Scrutiny of Its Human Rights Practices

Chinese Concern with Its International Image

The Beijing Government's Human Rights Preferences and Beliefs

Prioritizing State Sovereignty over Regime Authority

The Import of Differing National, Cultural, and Developmental Conditions

Degree of Familiarity with the Regime

The PRC Government's Ability and Willingness to Work with Other Countries

Methodology and Structure

2 China's Evolving Posture toward the International Human Rights Regime: 1949-2017

The Creation of the International Human Rights Regime

Chinese Views on International Human Rights

China's Interactions with the Human Rights Regime

China's Strategies in the Human Rights Regime

Employing Political and Economic Clout

Courting Non-Western Countries and the Developing World

Promoting Chinese Views and a Counternarrative

Advancing ''Reform''

Cooperation with Similarly Minded Countries

Creating a Semblance of Human Rights Cooperation

Conclusion

3 China, the Convention against Torture, and the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture: 1982-2002

The Convention against Torture: Origins, Drafting, and Adoption

China and the Convention against Torture

The Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture: Origins, Drafting, and Adoption

China and the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture

Conclusion.

4 China and the Establishment of the Human Rights Council: 2004-2007

Replacing the UN Commission on Human Rights

China and the UN Commission on Human Rights

China and the Creation of the UN Human Rights Council

The September 2005 World Summit Outcome Document

UN General Assembly Resolution 60/251

Determining Key Institutional Issues through the Institution-Building Process

5 China and the International Labour Organization's Conference Committee on the Application of Standards: 1983-2017

The ILO's Conference Committee on the Application of Standards

China and the ILO's Conference Committee on the Application of Standards

China's Reviews before the Conference Committee

China and the Conference Committee's Working Methods

PRC Government Participation in the Conference Committee's Reviews of Other Countries

Other Countries' Support to China in the UN Commission on Human Rights and the UN Human Rights Council

6 Explaining China's Behavior

The Explanatory Variables in the Case Studies

Explicating and Weighing the Explanatory Variables

PRC Aversion to Scrutiny of Its Human Rights Record

China's Human Rights Ideas

Cultivating an Image as an Agreeable and Cooperative Actor

The PRC's Government Level of Familiarity with the Human Rights Regime

A Secondary Influence

Beijing's Ability to Align and Coordinate with Other Countries

7 Conclusion

China and the Global Order

China's Role in International Regimes

The Human Rights Regime

Bibliography

English Language Secondary Sources

Chinese Language Sources

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Mar 2021).

ISBN:

1-108-89831-9

1-108-89893-9

1-108-88874-7

OCLC:

1244622756