Article 1.
All human beings are born free and equal
in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and
should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.-The Chinese government discriminates against Tibetans, they also do so in Xinjiang with Uyghur but I wanted some fresh blood for this one. https://freetibet.org/about/human-rights
Article 3.
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.-See articles 5, 7, 12, & 14.
Article 4.
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.- China uses forced prison labor, including on political prisoners in aforementioned concentration camps. See https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2016/12/21/prison-laborers-in-china-endure-unimaginable-suffering-to-produce-holiday-lights/?utm_term=.d416c984fd4e.
Article 5.
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.-In the late 90's the Chinese government started detaining people for practicing a meditative art called Falun Gong in response to practitioners organizing a protest against the government. This has involved killing practitioners through organ harvesting for a profit. https://persecutionoffalungong.com/why
Article 6.
Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.-See Article 5
Article 7.
All
are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to
equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection
against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against
any incitement to such discrimination.-Uyghur Persecution See https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/08/world/asia/china-uighur-muslim-detention-camp.html
Article 8.
Everyone
has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national
tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the
constitution or by law.- See article 10.
Article 9.
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.-See Article 7
Article 10.
Everyone
is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an
independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights
and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.-China's court system is known for being systimaticly corrupt, & having an unrelistcly high conviction rate. See https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/03/11/china-scored-99-9-percent-conviction-rate-last-year/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.cc92ccd29182
Article 11.
(1)
Everyone charged with a penal offense has the right to be presumed
innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which
he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defense.(2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offense on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offense, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offense was committed.
-See article 5
Article 12.
No
one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy,
family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and
reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against
such interference or attacks.- China uses a mass surveillance system to support a "Social Credit System" were it compiles everything you've ever done into a score based of how loyal you've been to the government along with other things. See https://www.businessinsider.com/how-china-is-watching-its-citizens-in-a-modern-surveillance-state-2018-4.
Article 13.
(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.(2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
- China Actively prevents wealthy people from leaving the country by limiting the amount of money they can get out of the country to just 20,000 yuan ($3,200) per year¹. They also have a system called hukou that limits were people esspically rural citizens can live. https://thediplomat.com/2017/07/chinas-hukou-system/
Article 14.
(1) Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.(2) This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
-China has kidnapped human rights activists from other countries & prevented dual citizens fro leaving the country. You could make the case that they don't violate this law, however that would simply be because of their position of being the number one violator of human rights.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/10/asia/liu-xia-china-liu-xiaobo-intl/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/13/china-human-rights-crackdown-arrest-peter-dahlin-swedish-activist
Article 15.
(1) Everyone has the right to a nationality.(2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.
-See Article 7
Article 16.
(1)
Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race,
nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family.
They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at
its dissolution.(2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.
(3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.
Article 17.
(1) Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.(2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.
-See article 7, Uyghurs have had there houses taken away while in those "re-education camps".
Article 18.
Everyone
has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this
right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom,
either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to
manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and
observance.- China actively filters access to information in favor of the communist part². They also totally censor beliefs that don't align with their own³, & even though China officially has religious freedom you have to practice the state approved version of a religion rather than the actual thing.
Article 19.
Everyone has the right to
freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold
opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart
information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.-See evidence in article 18.
Article 20.
(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.(2) No one may be compelled to belong to an association.
-See article 5.
Article 21.
(1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.(2) Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country.
(3) The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.
-China is not a democracy, nor are the actions of the government influenced by the will of the people in any capacity other than fear of revolt. See https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2017/04/11/why-does-china-pretend-to-be-a-democracy/?utm_term=.fbc73c24c346.
Article 22.
Everyone,
as a member of society, has the right to social security and is
entitled to realization, through national effort and international
co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of
each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable
for his dignity and the free development of his personality.-See articles 7, & 18. The Falun Gong issue also applies in a broad sense.
Article 23.
(1)
Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just
and favourable conditions of work and to protection against
unemployment.(2) Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.
(3) Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.
(4) Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.
- Many rural areas in China are still extremely poor, & the government has done little to try to aid this in fact some policies like the hukou system mentioned in article thirteen. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254455990_Inequality_and_Poverty_in_Rural_China
Article 24.
Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.See article 4.
Article 25.
(1)
Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health
and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing,
housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to
security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood,
old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his
control.(2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.
-See article 23.
Article 26.
(1)
Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least
in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be
compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally
available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on
the basis of merit.(2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.
(3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.
-Rural areas often have underfunded education programs & girls in these schools are very likely to drop out.
https://projectpartner.org/poverty/chinas-education-gap-a-surprising-factor-in-rural-poverty/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272775701000401
Article 27.
(1)
Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of
the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement
and its benefits.(2) Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.
-China incurages the theft of intellecual property from other nations, & if often a direct perpetrator. According to CNN "Chinese theft of American IP currently costs between $225 billion and $600 billion annually."
Article 29.
(1) Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible.(2) In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society.
(3) These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
-This rule primarily just enforces how the rest of the articles are to be carried out, however the first part is still violated by China's persecution of Falun Gong (Article 5).
