About us

The Chinese Urgent Action Working Group (人权卫士紧急救援协会) is a team of rights defenders working to assist other rights defenders and promote the development of rule of law. To achieve our goals, we work with a network of Chinese lawyers and academics, and through a broader (both domestic and international) network of researchers, reporters and diplomats, to provide timely and effective assistance through our three work programs, as well as to provide useful information through our publications.

The organization has operated since 2009, with the overall aim of strengthening a fledging system of rule of law, in particular through focus on implementation of existing substantional and procedural laws, which is often done unsatisfactory on a local level, and which allows for extensive violations of citizens rights. The Chinese Urgent Action Working Group's work is both active and reactive. We are active in the training of lawyers to take a contributing role in strengthening the rule of law, with our on-the-ground support for rights defenders through on going legal aid, and our support for administrative litigations. We are reactive in seeking the redress for already committed violations. By increasing resistance to rights violations through the legal system, it is our aim to increase the cost of ignorning existing rules and regulations, thus reducing the scope of legal violations.

The Chinese Urgent Action Working Group is a non-profit group. The organization can be reached at 'Contact@China-Action.org'.

关于人权卫士紧急救援协会人权卫士紧急救援会从事的是代表置身于危难中的人权卫士而进行的研究调查，公共宣传，与国际机构和组织交流，提供法律援助等的直接干预。该组织位于中国大陆，其成立的初衷是对2008年北京奥运会的举办而造成的对人权维护者更多迫害的一个回应。该组织还定期就中国人权维护者的问题发布报告和背景简要。