China and Latin American countries can work together to respond to human rights challenges and promote the development and progress of human rights, officials and experts said at the first China-Latin America and Caribbean States Roundtable on Human Rights held in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday.
The event, co-hosted by the China Society for Human Rights Studies (CSHRS), Renmin University of China and Universidade Federal Fluminense, is the first such institutional exchange and seminar between China and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), attracting more than 120 senior officials and experts from 17 countries including China, Brazil and Argentina.
“Guided by this spirit of civilizational exchange and the initiative of building a China-LAC community with a shared future, our human rights concepts have become increasingly aligned, while each of us has followed our own unique paths toward human rights development,” Padma Choling, president of CSHRS, said at the opening of …