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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7760

17 July 2000
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/china
In an open letter, Human Rights Watch proposes a method for dialogue over human rights based on precise objectives

Brussels, 17/07/2000 (Agence Europe) - The NGO Human Rights Watch has addressed an open letter to European Foreign Ministers proposing a new method of dialogue with China on human rights. Human Rights Watch is "deeply concerned that the EU-China bilateral dialogue has become a largely rhetorical shell, lacking in accountability, transparency and clear benchmarks for progress". Human Rights Watch thus proposes setting precise goals in the dialogue on human rights and to broach priority issues...

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