33rd EU-China Dialogue on Human Rights | EEAS 1 of 3 https://www.eeas.europa.eu/node/6788_en The Diplomatic Service of the European Union EEAS > Search in the EEAS archive > 33rd EU-China Dialogue on Human Rights THIS CONTENT HAS BEEN ARCHIVED 33rd EU-China Dialogue on Human Rights  09.12.2014 On 8-9 December 2014, the European Union and the People's Republic of China held the 33rd round of the EU-China Dialogue on Human Rights in Brussels. The EU delegation was led by Gerhard Sabathil, Director for East Asia and the Pacific in the European External Action Service. The Chinese delegation was led by Li Junhua, Director General for International Organisations and Conferences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China. The Dialogue allowed the two sides to have a detailed exchange of views on a wide range of human rights issues, with a specific focus on recent developments in China, such as the right to adequate housing and reform of the Hukou system, the rights of persons belonging to minorities, especially in Tibet and Xinjiang, freedom of religion or belief, freedom of expression (off-line and on-line), freedom of peaceful assembly and association, the due process of law, arbitrary detention, and the death penalty. Individual cases were raised in the context of the discussion about China's human rights situation, including those of Liu Xiabo, Ilham Tohti, Gao Yu, Hada, Pu Zhiqiang, Xu Zhiyong, Tenzin Delek Rinpoche and Gao Zhisheng. The exchange about recent developments in the European Union focussed on the implementation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, combating discrimination, racism, xenophobia and incitement to racial hatred, as well as the EU's Roma strategy. Cooperation in international fora and the implementation of recommendations from international bodies were also discussed, and, in that context, the UN Human Rights 28/10/2025, 17:10