Topic: LGBT Rights
Country: China
Delegate Name: James Wheeler
School: Forest Hills Central High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All China position papers GLIMUN 2015 committees
In the People's Republic of China, Homosexuality was decriminalized in 1997 and removed from the official list of mental disorders in 2001. According to article 33 of the PRC constitution, all citizens are equal before the law. Homosexuals are afforded all rights allotted to all citizens under the chinese constitution. Although there are no specific laws or policies that ban discrimination outright, there are a number of polices that offer forms of protection against discrimination. The Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China explicitly defines marriage as the union between one man and one woman, meaning that same-sex marriages and civil unions are not recognised. Similarly homosexuals are not authorised to adopt children because this is reserved for married couples.
Although the People's Republic of China welcomes the idea of expanding human rights, we anticipate that the policies that are likely to be recommended in this committee will be intrusive and represent a gross violation of our nation's national sovereignty. We will vote in an appropriate manner in order to protect our nation's fundamental right to national sovereignty.
The People’s Republic of China believes that the issue of human rights should be left up to each nation to deal with themselves, whom we believe to be in the best position to understand the delicate situation involved in the matter of the individual lives of our citizens whose rights we have an obligation to protect under Chinese law.
