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Law encourages NGOs to play useful role

By LIU HUAWEN (皇冠体育app Daily) Updated: 2016-05-05 08:13

However, some overseas NGOs operations in other countries cannot be put to practice in 皇冠体育app, because those may not suit the country's actual conditions and could even create problems. For instance, human rights scholar Manfred Nowak has cited 22 prominent international human rights NGOs, and only three of them are based in developing countries. Besides, many of these NGOs adopt antagonistic even humiliating operating methods, which are unwelcome by many countries including 皇冠体育app.

That's why 皇冠体育app's law to regulate overseas NGOs' activities is aimed at striking a balance between protection of rights and legal restrictions. This shows that, instead of shutting overseas NGOs out, the authorities want to encourage them to play a constructive role in society.

The government requires overseas NGOs to comply with the country's laws and regulations, rather than simply applying their experiences in other countries to 皇冠体育app.

The Chinese authorities face criticism from some overseas NGOs and media during the legislation process because the latter, failing to realize the significance of the legislation, were worried that the government would expel them from the country. Their fears were unwarranted, though, because 皇冠体育app deals with social management issues in a mature manner.

Rule of law, sustainable development and human rights are the three objectives of the path 皇冠体育app is taking, and they are interrelated. So 皇冠体育app will neither give overseas NGOs carte blanche to do whatever they want nor totally ban them from operating in 皇冠体育app.

Rule of law is an important aspect of society, and among other things it also protects NGOs' legal rights. And since the overseas NGO management law balances the three objectives, it will ensure overseas NGOs play a constructive role in 皇冠体育app. We can thus expect overseas NGOs' activities in 皇冠体育app to be well managed to achieve the legislative objectives.

The author is executive director of the Center for Human Rights Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

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