Introduction to Bejing Yirenping Center
Beijing Yirening Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting social justice and public well-being. It was founded on December 19, 2006 with the mission to offer education on the prevention and treatment of communicable disease,to reach out to patients and provide them with assistance, and to eliminate discrimination and defend the rights of these disadvantaged groups by legal means. Beijing Yirenping Center currently has a center in Beijing, in which it is registered, and another field office established in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan Province.
Since its establishment, Beijing Yirenping Center has assisted individuals, including Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) carriers, HIV carriers, the handicapped, diabetes patients, depression patients and achromates, in processing lawsuits, most of which have become impact litigations that drew wide concern in the Chinese society. Meanwhile, Beijing Yirenping Center has been actively involved in the legislation and revision of laws on the national level. The contributions include China's Employment Promotion Law, Food Safety Law and Labour Contract Law as well as other administrative rules and regulations such as Regulations on the Sanitary Administration of Public Places and Health Rules on Swimming Places.
Beijing Yirenping Center also kept a close eye on breaking public health events, such as the poisonous milk powder scandal and the scandal of nickel chromium-made mineral teeth, in which Yirenping extended aids to defend the victims' rights
Legal Aids
Beijing Yirenping Center has assisted more than 100 public interest lawsuits, helping them to become widely-observed impact litigations. For example, Yirenping helped file the first case against physical appearance-related discrimination, aided disabled persons sue Beijing Subway to require accessible facilities and supported the case against illegal search of citizens' identification card by Beijing Railway Public Security Bureau. Beijing Yirenping Center have also provided legal counsel to the victims of the poisonous Sanlu milk powder.
In March 2007, Beijing Yirenping Center helped an HBV carrier sue Nokia over discrimination, which was selected as one of the Top Ten Labour Disputes in 2007 by Legal Daily.
In May 2007, Yirenping helped to file an antitrust case against Beijing Branch of China Netcom, which was praised to be the nations's No.1 public interest lawsuit in the 2007 Blue Book of China's Rule of Law, authored by the newspaper Procuratorial Daily. Yirenping also sent a letter to the Ministry of Information Industry to ask for an investigation into the monopoly practices by China Telecom and China Netcom.
In January 2008, Yirenping provided assistance to a college undergraduate with diabetes, who had been ordered to drop out of school. The efforts finally got the student back into his class.
The cases Yirenping extended aids to include the nation's first lawsuit on internal migration for the College Entrance Examination, which was voted by 1.5 million netizens to be one of the year's Top Ten News on Education and chosen by the Southern Weekly to be one of the Top Ten Impact Litigations in 2008. The nation's first case on discrimination against depression was chosen to be one of the Top Ten Labour Disputes in 2008 by the Legal Daily. Another employment discrimination case against Beijing Bidechuangzhan Communication Technology Ltd. Was chosen by the Southern Weekly to be No.6 among the top Ten Impact Litigations in 2008. A consumer rights suit against Spring Airlines was recorded in the chapter of Public Interest Lawsuits in the 2008 Blue Book of China's Rule of Law, authored by the newspaper Procuratorial Daily.
In March 2009, Yirenping helped four HIV-carrying faculty at Henan Shangshui Aizhi School to defend their rights against discrimination.
Law and Health Knowledge Popularizations
In March 2007, Beijing Yirenping Center held the first College Students and AIDS Forum of Henan Province.
Yirenping held promotions in over ten universities about knowledge on health and awareness on anti-discrimination laws through 2007 and 2008.
In mid-December 2007, Yirenping held lectures on Employment Promotion Law and Labour Contract Law in Beijing.
From December 2007 through January 2009, Beijing Yirenping organized training courses on anti-discrimination laws in the following cities around the country: Beijing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Wuhan, Changsha, Tianjin, Nanjing, Shenzhen and Zhengzhou
From October 2008 through June 2009, Beijing Yirenping held seminars on treatment and psychological health of Hepatitis B carriers in the following cities: Beijing, Tianjin, Nanjing, Shenzhen and Zhengzhou.
Yirenping extended legal counsels and aids to victims of the Sanlu poisonous milk powder scandal since September 2008.
Policy Advocacy
Since March 2, 2007, Beijing Yirenping Center called on NGOs to focus on the non-discrimination articles of the Employment Promotion Law draft, which left out Hepatitis B and AIDS discriminations. Yirenping further lobbied National People's Congress(NPC) deputies to submit proposals to amend the draft in the NPC session, which later proved to be a success.
Beijing Yirenping Center wrote over 10 motions and recommendations for NPC deputies and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference(CPPCC) members, who then submitted them to the annual NPC&CPPCC sessions from Year 2007 to 2009.
In March 2007,the legal counsel of Beijing Yirenping Center co-organized a "citizen motion" with doctors from Beijing Ditan Hospital to the NPC asking for the review of 15 laws that are prone to cause discrimination against Hepatitis B carriers..
In October 2007,Beijing Yirenping Center,together with Beijing Aizhixing Institute,published an open letter calling for the abolishing of administrative ban that prohibit HIV-carrying foreign citizens from entering China.
In June 2008,Beijing Yirenping Center was invited to New York United Nations headquarter to take part in the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV／AIDS
On October 28, 2008, Li Fangping, the legal counsel to Beijing Yirenping Center and Professor Hu Xingdou, a renowned scholar on domestic affairs, submitted a civic proposal to the Beijing Municipal Government to reform the city's household registration system in order to guarantee the rights of its immigrants.
Social Actions
In March 2007, Liang Yanyan, a researcher with Beijing Yirenping Center was elected, representing Asia Pacfic, to the Developing Country NGO Delegation on the Board of the Global Fund.
In July 2007, the Chief Coordinator of Beijing Yirenping Center took part in China's first anti-HBV discrimination protest in Hong Hong, which was widely reported in the press,including the Southern Weekend, Xinmin Weekly and Shenzhen Television.
In October 2007, Yirenping hosted the first national representative assembly of HBV carriers.
In May 2008, Yirenping organized a series of activities in a dozen provinces and cities to pay attention to the first World Hepatitis Day and China's 2007 devastating earthquake.
In May 2008, representing Hepatitis B and AIDS communities, Beijing Yirenping Center submitted an appeal to the state Ministry of Commerce to ask for the compulsory license of Lamivudine, a vital medicine to fight Hepatitis B and AIDS. The appeal was signed by 1843 citizens around the country.
In June 2008, Yirenping held a press conference in Hong Kong calling for the central government into the censorship of "In the Hepatitis B Camp", a renowned Chinese forum fighting against discrimination.
On November 21, 2008, Lu Jun, the Chief Coordinator of Beijing Yirenping Center traveled to the Finland headquarter of Nokia, to protest a Nokia subsidiary's discrimination against HBV carriers in China's Dongguan City.
On December 1st the World AIDS Day, Yirenping co-organized an appeal by hundreds of citizens to the Ministry of Commerce for compulsory license of Lamivudine.
In March 2009, the news that nickel chromium-made mineral teeth might lead to kidney diseases emerged and Yirenping supported a working group to address the issue.
In May 2009, Yirenping co-organized a seminar on female rights protection in the context of the Deng Yujiao event, which was highly reported and debated in the country.
Survey & Research
Annual Report on Public Health Status and Right to Education
April 2007
Annual Report on Public Health Status and Right to Employment
June 2008
Investigation Report on Hepatitis B Discrimination in China's Higher Education
October 2008
Investigation Report on Hepatitis B Discrimination in Multinational Corporations based in China
February,2009
Handbook on Legal Protection Against Discrimination in Employment
September 2007
China Correspondence on Legal Actions Against Discrimination
a bi-monthly since established in September 2008
Routines&Projects
Beijing Yirenping Center undertakes the secretariat tasks of the Public Health and Right to Education Working Group to defend the right to education of the disadvantaged groups.
Yirenping takes part in policy advocacy efforts as a member in the Policy Advocacy Working Group of National Non-Governmental Organization Network on AIDS.
Project Legal Man for Public Interest provides a platform for judges, lawyers, scholars and legal correspondents to take part in public interest affairs.
Project Advocacy for Anti-discrimination Laws boosts China's legislation,revision and execution of anti-discrimination laws
Project Legal Assistance Against Discrimination in Employment helps citizens facing discrimination fight for their rights.
At the end of 2005, Lu Jun, the Chief Coordinator of Yirenping, was selected as one of the top 10 candidates of “Person of the Year” by the renowned weekly Southern Weekend.
In 2007,he was nominated as one of the top 10 candidates of the year's "Legal Figure" by the newspaper Legal Daily.
Lu Jun was also a recorded figure in the 2007 Blue Book of China's Rule of Law,which is authored by the newspaper Procuratorial Daily.
In early 2009,he was honored one of the "Ten Stars of Public Interest" by Dahe Daily,a popular paper of Henan Province.
Beijing Yirenping Center
Address: 2105A , Zhongsheng Office Building , No.2 Beifengwo St. , Haidian District, Beijing China , 100038
Tel: (86-10) 51917982
Email: yi.ren.ping@hotmail.com
Chief Coordinator: Lu Jun
Mobile: (86)15801431641
MSN: jingetiemajgtm@hotmail.com
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