Launchedin2002,theHumanRightsmagazineoperatesundertheauspicesoftheChinaSocietyforHumanRightsStudies,anon-governmentalorganizationinSPECIALconsultativestatuswiththeEconomicandSocialCounciloftheUnitedNations.ThemagazineisthefirstofitskindeverpublishedinChina.Whiledevotedtotheoreticalstudiesofhumanrightsandhumanrightseducation,itprovidesaforumfordialoguebetweenChinaandforeigncountriesonhumanrights-relatedissues