Last week, on 23 January 2024, the UN Human Rights Council reviewed the human rights record of China during its fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR).

Following ISHR campaign and your messages to UN member States, six countries, including France, Luxembourg, the UK, the US, Sweden, and Australia urged Beijing to put an end to the practice of ‘Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location’ (RSDL) – which UN experts have branded a form of enforced disappearance.

This would not have been possible without you! 

Following this session, the Chinese government must review the recommendations and decide whether to accept or simply note them, and report back to the Human Rights Council at its 56th session (June 2024). ISHR will closely monitor this and keep you informed. 

Our call to raise the case of Cao Shunli got unanswered. Cao was detained by Chinese police in September 2013 in retaliation for her work to seek meaningful civil society participation in China’s second UPR cycle. Ten years ago, on 14 March 2014, Cao died of multiple organ failure following continued denial of medical treatment in custody. Despite the emblematic nature of her case Cao's name was not once cited by UN member States. Nevertheless, at least four States recommended to China to end reprisals against human rights defenders seeking to engage with the United Nations. 

We're ramping up efforts for honouring the memory of Cao Shunli and calling for accountability in her case. We are preparing a small event on 14 March 2024 in Geneva. Stay tuned for more very soon! 

Heartfelt thanks, 

The ISHR team

上周，即 2024 年 1 月 23 日，联合国人权理事会在第四次普遍定期审议（UPR）期间审查了中国的人权记录。

继国际人权服务社的宣传活动以及您向联合国成员国发出的信息之后，包括法国、卢森堡、英国、美国、瑞典和澳大利亚在内的六个国家敦促北京终止“指定居所监视居住”(RSDL) 的做法 ——联合国专家将其称为强迫失踪的一种形式。

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本届审议会议结束后，中国政府必须审查这些建议，并决定是否接受或只是注意到这些建议，并向人权理事会第 56 届会议（2024 年 6 月）报告。国际人权服务社将密切关注这一情况并随时向您通报。

我们对提出曹顺利一案的呼吁没有得到答复。2013 年 9 月，曹顺利因寻求民间社会有意义地参与中国第二轮普遍定期审议所做的努力而遭到报复，被中国警方拘留。十年前，2014 年 3 月 14 日，曹顺利因在拘留期间持续得不到医疗救治而死于多器官衰竭。尽管曹顺利的案件具有象征意义，但联合国成员国从未引用过她的名字。尽管如此，至少有四个国家建议中国停止对寻求与联合国接触的人权捍卫者进行报复。

我们正在加大力度纪念曹顺利，并呼吁对她的案件进行问责。我们正在准备 2024 年 3 月 14 日在日内瓦举行的小型活动。请继续关注近期的相关内容！

衷心感谢，

国际人权服务社团队

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