Huang Kunming, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, addresses the opening ceremony of the South-South Human Rights Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 7, 2017. (Xinhua/Zhang Ling)

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi addresses the opening ceremony of the South-South Human Rights Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 7, 2017. (Xinhua/Zhang Ling)

Yldiz Deborah Pollack-Beighle, minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Suriname, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the South-South Human Rights Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 7, 2017.(Xinhua/Zhang Ling)

Tom Zwart, professor of human rights law at Utrecht University in the Netherlands and the convener of the Cross-cultural Human Rights Network, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the South-South Human Rights Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 7, 2017.(Xinhua/Zhang Ling)