Wei ZHANG

Dr. Wei ZHANG      

 Professor, Co-Director

The Institute for Human Rights

China     University of Political Science and Law

25 Xitucheng Road   , Haidian District

100088 Beijing , China

Tel/Fax: + (86) 10 5890 8498

Email: ziqiao@cupl.edu.cn  

Education

·17.09-2003-20.06.2008: Ph.D. in Laws (awarded on 20.06.2008), China University of Political Science and Law, with a dissertation on the Study of National Human Rights Institutions (in Chinese). Supervisor: Prof. Zhou Zhonghai

·22.08.2007-30.06.2008: Swedish Institute Scholar, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Lund, Sweden

·27.11.-08.12.2006: Certificate of Attendance, The Role of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in Human Rights Protection, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Bangkok, Thailand  

·03-28.07.2000: Certificate of Participation, the 32nd Annual Study Session, International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France

·15.08.1998-31.12.1999: Master of International Human Rights Law, funded by SIDA Scholarship, Raoul Wallenberg Institute/Lund University, with a dissertation on A Case Law Study on Article 5(2)(a) of the First Optional Protocol to the ICCPR (in English). Supervisor: Prof. Gudmundur Alfredsson

·26.07-08.08.1998: United States Information Agency Scholar, 1998 USIA-Lafayette College Academic Institute on American Federal Democracy: Classic Works and Scholarly Approaches

·13.09.1991-28.06.1995: Bachelor of Laws, China University of Political Science and Law

Work Experience

·10.09.2008-: Deputy Director/Lecturer, the Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, China University of Political Science and Law (CUPSL)

·22.02.2002-10.09.2008: Executive and Academic Secretary to President Xianming Xu of CUPSL & Deputy Director of University Office, CUPSL

·30.01.2000-22.02.2002: Chief Program Officer, Center for International Cooperation & Exchange, CUPSL

·01.10.1996-15.08.1998: Program Officer, China Center for International Legal Studies (Beijing), CUPSL/Ministry of Justice/State Bureau for Foreign Experts

·15.08.1995-01.10.1996: Editor, University Newspaper, CUPSL

Membership and Other Activities

· Board Member , China Society for Human Rights Studies  

· Member , China Society for International Law Studies

·Academic Responsible and Lecturer, Project Week 12: Globalization and Human Rights in China, European Inter-University Center for Human Rights and Democratization (Venice, 28.11 to 03.12.2011)

·Academic Responsible and Lecturer, European Master Course – “National Human Rights Institutions: Achievements and Challenges”, University of Deusto (Bilbao, 04.04. to 08.04.2011)

·Academic Responsible and Lecturer, Project Week 12: Globalization and Human Rights in China, European Inter-University Center for Human Rights and Democratization (Venice, 29.11. to 03.12.2010)

·Visiting Professor, Lecture Session on Human Rights in China, Institut des Hautes Etudes Europeennes, University of Strasbourg (Strasbourg, 31.01. to 01.02.2010)

·Academic Responsible and Lecturer, Project Week 12: Globalization and Human Rights in China, European Inter-University Center for Human Rights and Democratization (Venice, 30.11. to 04. 12.2009)

·Participant & Chair for Working Group Four: Multi-level Architecture of Human Rights Mechanism, 11^th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights – “National and Regional Human Rights Mechanism”, Asia-Europe Foundation (Prague, 23-25.11,2011)

·Invited Speaker, Fourth Beijing Forum on Human Rights, article submitted on Proposals on the Establishment of A National Human Rights Institute in China, China Society for Human Rights (Beijing, 21-23.09.2011)

·Director, Optional Human Rights Law Summer Course, CUPL (Beijing, 19-30.07.2010)

·Organizer and Chairperson, Workshop on Human Rights Education, Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law of CUPL (Beijing, 26.06.2010)

·Invited Interpreter, International Workshop ex post Legislation Evaluation, Department of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (Xi’an, 07-09. 06.2010)  

·Invited Expert, Workshop on the Editing of Human Rights Blue Book Series in China, China Society for Human Rights (Beijing, 09.03.2010)

·Invited Speaker, Workshop on International Human Rights Situation, State Information Office (Beijing, 19-20.01.2010)

·Invited Speaker, Council Annual Meeting of China Society for Human Rights (Beijing, 21.12.2009)

·Organizer, Human Rights Day Celebration Ceremony, Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law of CUPL, Tsinghua Law School, Remin Law School (Beijing, 10.12.2009)

·Invited Speaker, EU, China and Human Rights: Crossing Perspectives, Aula Baratto – Universita Ca Foscari Venezia & European Inter-University Center for Human Rights and Democratisation (Venice, 03.12.2009)

·Project Director & Speaker, NHRIs Annual International Workshop (Beijing, 07.10.2009)

·Invited Speaker, Round Table Discussion: Education, Culture and Human Rights, European Inter-University Center for Human Rights and Democratisation (27.09.2009)

·Invited Speaker, 24^th IVR conference, International Role of the National Human Rights Institutions (Beijing, 04.09.2009)

Invited Speaker, China and UN Relation, Human Rights in China and International Relation, CUPL and Exeter University Summer School (Beijing, 27-28.07.2009)

·Director, Optional Human Rights Law Summer Course, CUPL (Beijing, 13-24.07.2009)

·Chief Writer, Shadow Report to the 75^th Session of Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Beijing, 01.06.-10.07.2009)

·Project Director & Translator, 1^st Training Program on NHRIs, North-West University of Political Science and Law (Xi’an, 04-08.05.2009)

·Invited speaker, The Domestication of International Human Rights Treaties into Chinese Law, The First China-EU School of Law Research Workshop, CUPSL (Beijing, 10.01.2009)

·Co-host, Conference on Human Rights Education in China in the Celebration of 60^th Anniversary of UDHR, CUPSL/Renmin University School of Law (Beijing, 08.10.2008)

·Chairperson, Conference on National Human Rights Institutions and its Protection on Minorities, CUPSL/Zhejiang University School of Law (Hangzhou, 29.10.2008)

·Core Organizer and Researcher, Joint Program on NHRIs, CUPSL/RWI (2008)

·Coordinator, Peace Hotel Conference on NHRIs, CUPSL/RWI (Beijing, 02.12.2007)

·Coordinator, Lund Conference on NHRIs, CUPSL/RWI (Lund, 2-4.10.2007)

·Coordinator, Seoul Conference on NHRIs, CUPSL/RWI (Seoul, 26-28.05.2007)

·Coordinator, Bangkok Conference on NHRIs, CUPSL/RWI (Bangkok, 13-15.12.2006)

·Invited Speaker, EU-China Dialogue Seminar on Human Rights (Vienna, 27-28.05.2006)

·Coordinator, Wofosi Conference on NHRIs, CUPSL/RWI (Beijing, 06-07.10.2006)

·Invited Speaker, Canada-China Human Rights Dialogue (Ottawa, 31-10-02.11.2005)

·Coordinator, Wofosi Conference on NHRIs, CUPSL/RWI (Beijing, 06-07.10.2006)

·Coordinator, Tsingdao Conference on NHRIs, CUPSL/RWI (Tsingdao, 16-17.10.2004)

·Designer & Applicant, Human Rights Training Program for Chinese University Teachers, with a funding from EU Human Rights Small Projects (Beijing, 05.09.-30.10.2003)

·Designer & Applicant, Human Rights Training Program for Chinese University Teachers, with a funding from the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Norwegian Institute of Human Rights(Beijing, 23-29.11.2002)

·Editor & Translator, International Human Rights Teaching Manual Editing and Translating Project in the cooperation with Norwegian Institute of Human Rights, China University of Political Science and Law and China Foreign Affairs University, with a funding from Norwegian Institute of Human Rights(Beijing/Oslo, 01.12.1998-30.07.2000)  

Teaching and Research Interests

·International Human Rights

·International Relations

·Public International Law

·Cultural and Law

·Corporate Social Responsibility

·International Investment and Protection on Human Rights  

Publication

A) Books

Zhang, Wei, (2010): A Study on National Human Rights Institutions. Beijing. China University of Political Science and Law Press. 254 PP (in Chinese).

B) Articles in journals/contributions to books

Zhang, Wei, (2011): On the Establishment of A National Human Rights Institution in China. Journal of China University of Political Science and Law6, 130-134 (in Chinese)  

Zhang, Wei, (2011): Analyzing the Basis of Domestic Law Establishing National Human Rights Institutions. Tribune of Political Science and Law 5, 111-117 (in Chinese)  

Zhang, Wei, (2011): Cooperating or Criticizing? – An Analysis on the Relationships of NHRIs with Their Own Governments and UN Treaty-bodies. Journal of Comparative Law 2, 101-110 (in Chinese)

Zhang, Wei, (2011): Bringing International Human Rights Norms home – The Cooperation between the NHRIs and the United Nations, In: Human Rights and Development, Ed. China Society for Human Rights Studies, Beijing: China International Press, 288-298 (in Chinese)

Zhang, Wei, (2010): On the Characteristics of National Human Rights Institutions. Tribune of Political Science and Law 2, 69-81 (in Chinese).

Zhang, Wei, (2010): The United Nations and the Establishment and Development of National Human Rights Institutions - An Analysis Based on Historical Documents. Journal of Shandong University (Philosophy and Social Science) 3, 28-36 (in Chinese).  

Zhang, Wei, (2005): Analysis on Approaches of the Justifiability of Human Rights. In: Human Rights Research (Vol. IV), Ed. Xu, Xianming, Jinan: Shandong People’s Publishing House, 105-119 (in Chinese).

Zhang, Wei, (2004): Universal Declaration of Human Rights - A Common Standard of Achievement. In: Human Rights Law Review (Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Law, Vol. I) 1, Ed. Wei, Zhou, Beijing: Peking University Press, 74-89 (in English).

Zhang, Wei, (2000): Chapter 12-17, 26-27. In: International Human Rights Teaching Manual, Ed. International Human Rights Teaching Manual Working Group, Beijing: China University of Political Science and Law Press, 205-292 & 455-486 (edited in English, translated into Chinese).

C) Published contributions to academic conferences

Zhang, Wei, (forthcoming in 2011): Implementing International Human Rights Norms at Home – The Role of National Human Rights Institutions in the United Nations. 24^th IVR conference, Beijing, September 2009, ARSP Beihefte (in English).

Zhang, Wei, (forthcoming in 2011): Bringing International Human Rights Norms Home – The Cooperation between NHRIs and the United Nations. 3^rd Beijing Human Rights Forum, China, December 2010 (in English).