Protecting human rights via South-South synergy

Editor's note: The first China-Latin America and Caribbean States Roundtable on Human Rights was organized by China Society for Human Rights Studies, Renmin University of China, and the Fluminense Federal University in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Tuesday. More than 120 human rights experts and officials from China and Latin America and the Caribbean shared their views on the contributions of China-Latin American and Caribbean states to human rights protection and promotion, and the challenges faced by global human rights governance. Following are excerpts from the speeches delivered by three participants:

Political manipulation of international justice

Although the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations in 1948 is based on the spirit of mutual respect, freedom, justice and equality for all human beings, certain countries have used the 30 articles of the declaration to serve their own narrow political and geopolitical interests, turning the declaration into a weapon to justify even very serious violations of the very principles that the declaration seeks to safeguard.