Organizations Filed Purposes:
HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA, FOUNDED BY CHINESE STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS IN MARCH 1989, IS AN INTERNATIONAL, CHINESE, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION WITH A MISSION TO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND ADVANCE THE INSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION OF THESE RIGHTS IN CHINA
TO PROMOTE UNIVERSALLY RECOGNIZED HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA
CASEWORK AND DEFENDER SUPPORT: HRIC FOCUSES ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS WHO ARE RAISING SYSTEMIC RIGHTS ISSUES SUCH AS: VIOLATIONS OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, CORRUPTION, CENSORSHIP AND SURVEILLANCE, GENDER-BASED DISCRIMINATION, TRUTH AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE JUNE FOURTH CRACKDOWN ON THE 1989 DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT, AND REPRESSION OF RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL AND RIGHTS OF ETHNIC GROUPS. HRIC SUPPORTS CITIZEN ACTIVISM BY INCREASING ACCESS TO INFORMATION, BRINGING INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION TO DOMESTIC CALLS FOR ACTION, PROVIDING MEDIA SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUAL CASES, AND OFFERING CAPACITY BUILDING TRAINING AND RESOURCES FOR DEFENDERS.
COMMUNICATIONS, MEDIA: HRIC'S MEDIA WORK SUPPORTS DOMESTIC FORCES FOR CHANGE AND ADVANCES INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS OF CASES AND SYSTEMIC ISSUES TO PROMOTE RESULTS-ORIENTED ACTIONS. HRIC CONTRIBUTES TO INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPLEX CHALLENGES FACING RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN CHINA THROUGH PRESS RELEASES, STATEMENTS, AND CASE UPDATES, AND THE HRIC DAILY BRIEF, A DAILY SELECTION OF NEWS STORIES AND COMMENTARY RELATED TO HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA, DRAWN FROM CHINESE- AND ENGLISH-LANGUAGE NEWS AND ONLINE MEDIA SOURCES. HRIC HIGHLIGHTS CRITICAL HUMAN RIGHTS-RELATED ISSUES AND DEVELOPMENTS THROUGH MEDIA INTERVIEWS, PUBLIC TALKS, AS WELL AS COMMENTARY PUBLISHED ON HRIC'S WEBSITE AND BY PRESS OUTLETS, AIMED AT PROMOTING INFORMED DISCUSSIONS IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
POLICY ADVOCACY AND RESEARCH: HRIC'S POLICY ADVOCACY WORK IS AIMED AT 1) ADVANCING DOMESTIC IMPLEMENTATION OF CHINA'S INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS AND 2) BUILDING INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS OF AND SUPPORT FOR KEY CASES AND ISSUES CRITICAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DIVERSE AND ACTIVE CIVIL SOCIETY SPACE IN CHINA. HRIC CONDUCTS THIS WORK THROUGH EXTENSIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH POLICYMAKING COMMUNITIES INCLUDING GOVERNMENTS, THE PRIVATE SECTOR, ACADEMICS AND EXPERTS, AND UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES. HRIC MONITORS CHINA'S LEGAL, POLITICAL, AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS, CONDUCTS IN-DEPTH RESEARCH, AND PRODUCES WHITEPAPERS AND REPORTS ON KEY TOPICS THAT IMPACT FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
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| Sharon Hom | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 60 | $161,262 |
| Teng Biao | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Rochelle Korman | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Liu Qing | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Li Jinjin | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Cheuk Kwan | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Hu Ping | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Han Dongfang | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| R Scott Greathead | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Cheng Xiaonong | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ian Buruma | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| William Bernstein | CHAIR | 10 | $0 |
| Andrew J Nathan | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
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