China's stand on human rights lauded

Book highlights need for nations to forge their own paths, experts say

China's approach to human rights development offers valuable insights for the Global South and shows the need to tailor human rights practices to a country's local realities, said experts and officials.

They made the remarks at a Readers' Sharing Session of the book Xi Jinping on Respecting and Protecting Human Rights held as part of the Second China-Latin America and Caribbean States Roundtable on Human Rights. The session, held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday, saw representatives and experts from China and Latin American countries.

Wang Yanwen, deputy secretary-general of China Society for Human Rights Studies, said Xi Jinping on Respecting and Protecting Human Rights comprehensively and systematically presents China's human rights concepts and propositions, and demonstrates the historical process and great practice of the development of China's human rights cause in the new era.