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Lawyers and judges should avoid creating situations where both sides lose

During a case involving multiple offences in Huizhou, Guangdong, the defendants' lawyers left the room without giving any explanation. This action comes at a moment when the Supreme People's Procuratorate has published "Provisions on protecting lawyers' professional rights according to the law".
2015-01-14

Public interest lawsuits: spring for environmental protection

The Supreme People's Court published an «Interpretation of issues related to the laws applicable to an environmental civil litigation case hearing» (hereafter: «Interpretation»). The Interpretation allows more public interest organizations to participate in environmental civil litigations.
2015-01-13

Rural woman files first lawsuit on forced sterilization in China

Two years ago Xia Runying, a female farmer in Jiangxi province, was forcibly sterilized by the local family planning committee. She filed a lawsuit against the committee, asserting that the surgery was illegal and seeking compensation; the first such case in China.
2015-01-12

Two NGOs initiate first environment public interest lawsuit

On January 1st 2015, two NGOs received a notice from the Nanping city intermediate people's court stating it had accepted to file their lawsuit. This is the first occurence of a public interest lawsuit being filed since the new "Environment Protection Law" has been enforced.
2015-01-07

CASS: A growing share of CSO funding comes from Chinese sources

A report published by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) shows that a growing share of Chinese social organizations' funding is coming from Chinese sources and that Chinese foundations have replaced foreign foundations as the first funding supplier for the sector.
2014-12-30

Charity law bill to be passed next year: experts discuss its strength and weaknesses

The teams who authored five Charity law drafts met in Beijing to share their thoughts on the future of this legislation. According to the head of the Peking University Center for NPOs law, Jin Jinping, since the NPC has already called for opinions on the Charity law bill, it may be possible that the actual law will be published next year.
2014-12-25

Foreign NGO activity has to be standardized through legislation

In order to standardize international NGO activity in China, the State Council has submitted a draft legislation concerning "the Management of Foreign NGOs". Yang Huanning, vice-minister of Public Security has explained the bill to the 12th meeting of the 12th National People's Congress Stanading Committee.
2014-12-24
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