NYU Professor Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council reports on the extreme poverty and human rights on his mission to China from 15 to 23 August 2016. The purpose of the visit was to evaluate and to report to the Human Rights Council on the extent to which the policies and programmes of China relating to extreme poverty are consistent with the country’s human rights obligations and to offer constructive recommendations to the Government and other stakeholders.

Please follow this link for the English version of Professor Alston's report on the extreme poverty and human rights on his mission to China or click this link for the Chinese version.