Wei Zhang is Co-Director of the Institute for Human Rights, China University of Political Science and Law. Huawen Liu is Executive Director of the Center for Human Rights Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

• ContentsPrefaceNotes on Contributors1 The Emergence and Significance of the Human Rights Provisions in the Charter of the United NationsGong Renren2 Historical and Social Dimensions of Human RightsHe Zhipeng3 The History of the United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies and Their Reform ProcessChen Shiqiu4 Research on Human Rights Protection in the United Nations Economic SanctionsMa Chengyuan and Ren Wenli5 Article 29 (1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Its Contemporary SignificanceMao Junxiang and Sheng Xi6 Inter-State Communication Mechanism of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and Its PracticeLi Yanduan7 A Typological Study on Human Rights IndicatorsTang Yingxia and Bai Bing8 The Practice of the Committee against Torture and Its Impact on the Implementation of the Convention against TortureZhang Honghong9 Evolution, Contributions, and Issues Related to the UN Human Rights MechanismsShen Yongxiang10 “The Fourth Generation of Human Rights” under the Background of the Smart Society and Its ProtectionMa Changshan11 The Paradoxes in Choosing and Realizing the Normative Path to Construct the United Nations Business and Human Rights TreatyLiang Xiaohui and Liu Ci

Wei Zhang is Co-Director of the Institute for Human Rights, China University of Political Science and Law. Huawen Liu is Executive Director of the Center for Human Rights Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

• ContentsPrefaceNotes on Contributors1 The Emergence and Significance of the Human Rights Provisions in the Charter of the United NationsGong Renren2 Historical and Social Dimensions of Human RightsHe Zhipeng3 The History of the United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies and Their Reform ProcessChen Shiqiu4 Research on Human Rights Protection in the United Nations Economic SanctionsMa Chengyuan and Ren Wenli5 Article 29 (1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Its Contemporary SignificanceMao Junxiang and Sheng Xi6 Inter-State Communication Mechanism of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and Its PracticeLi Yanduan7 A Typological Study on Human Rights IndicatorsTang Yingxia and Bai Bing8 The Practice of the Committee against Torture and Its Impact on the Implementation of the Convention against TortureZhang Honghong9 Evolution, Contributions, and Issues Related to the UN Human Rights MechanismsShen Yongxiang10 “The Fourth Generation of Human Rights” under the Background of the Smart Society and Its ProtectionMa Changshan11 The Paradoxes in Choosing and Realizing the Normative Path to Construct the United Nations Business and Human Rights TreatyLiang Xiaohui and Liu Ci

Wei Zhang is Co-Director of the Institute for Human Rights, China University of Political Science and Law. Huawen Liu is Executive Director of the Center for Human Rights Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

• ContentsPrefaceNotes on Contributors1 The Emergence and Significance of the Human Rights Provisions in the Charter of the United NationsGong Renren2 Historical and Social Dimensions of Human RightsHe Zhipeng3 The History of the United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies and Their Reform ProcessChen Shiqiu4 Research on Human Rights Protection in the United Nations Economic SanctionsMa Chengyuan and Ren Wenli5 Article 29 (1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Its Contemporary SignificanceMao Junxiang and Sheng Xi6 Inter-State Communication Mechanism of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and Its PracticeLi Yanduan7 A Typological Study on Human Rights IndicatorsTang Yingxia and Bai Bing8 The Practice of the Committee against Torture and Its Impact on the Implementation of the Convention against TortureZhang Honghong9 Evolution, Contributions, and Issues Related to the UN Human Rights MechanismsShen Yongxiang10 “The Fourth Generation of Human Rights” under the Background of the Smart Society and Its ProtectionMa Changshan11 The Paradoxes in Choosing and Realizing the Normative Path to Construct the United Nations Business and Human Rights TreatyLiang Xiaohui and Liu Ci