Human Rights There is an international standard used in the determination of human rights and human rights violations. The document, which defines this standard, is called The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This declaration was created by the United Nations of which China is a member state. The Chinese have violated various articles of this declaration. The Tibetans have consequently suffered greatly at the hands of the Chinese in terms of their basic human rights. The preamble of this same document states that basic fundamental human rights must be maintained as "it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations." Furthermore, Article 2 of this declaration states that "no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty." As the Dalai Lama's quote on the homepage of this site points out, the official international status of Tibet is not so important as is the actual relationship between Tibet and China. In order to understand the nature of this relationship, it must be considered in terms of human rights. In this section, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is available for consideration along with documents and information concerning the human rights and human rights violations relevant to the Tibet/China dilemma.