(ECNS)– As emerging significant powers in the world, China and LAC countries need to jointly address a series of global dilemmas and challenges in international human rights affairs, according to a report released on Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The report titled“Common Goals: China-Latin America and the Caribbean Cooperation on Human Rights Development, the Present and the Future” says that China and LAC countries have actively shaped international human rights agendas in recent years.
They advocate for “a fairer, more equitable, and inclusive system” while opposing the manipulation of human rights for unilateral or hegemonic purposes.
Based on many consensus on human rights affairs, China and LAC countries agree that securing the rights to subsistence and development is essential for realizing other human rights, the report says.
China has lifted over 770 million people of its rural population out of poverty since the reform and opening-up with per capita reaching around $12,614 in 2023, while LAC countries have focused on improving people’s livelihoods, social equity and environmental rights, for example, Brazil is committed to zero deforestation by 2030, according to the report.
In 2022, goods trade volume between China and LAC countries reached nearly $ 500 billion, 35 times the amount of 2000. Since 2012, China has consistently become LAC’s second-largest trading partner and the third-largest source of investment, the report says.
Looking forward, China and LAC countries focus on boosting communication and mutual learning on human rights to reach more consensuses, as well as opposing the instrumentalization of such issues and striving for fairer, more equitable, reasonable and inclusive global human rights governance, according to the report.
They also aim to promote transnational common development for human rights protection, setting an example for Global South cooperation on human rights development.
The report is jointly edited by China Society for Human Rights Studies, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China, and Faculty of Law at the Fluminense Federal University.
The first China-Latin America and Caribbeans States Roundtable on Human Rights, themed “Diversity of Civilization and the Choice of the Path to Realize Human Rights”, was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Tuesday, with over 120 senior officials and experts from China, Latin American and Caribbean countries participating.
