Kening Zhang

NAME

Kening Zhang

SEX

Male

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

Ph.D.

NATIVE PLACE

Beijing

CURRENT POSITION/FUCTION

Department of Treaty and Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China

Adjunct Professor, Law School, Peking University, Beijing, China

Member of Research, Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Peking University, Beijing, China

Adjunct Professor, Law School, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China

Adjunct Professor, Law School, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Professor of Law, South China Sea Institute, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

RESEARCH FIELD： International Law, International Human Rights Law,

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

1977–1979    Lecturer, English Department, Beijing International Studies University

1982–1984    Editor, International Department, People’s Daily, China

1987–1993   Deputy Director and Director, Department of Treaty and Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China

1993–1997    First Secretary, Counsellor and Legal Advisor, Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations

1997–2013   Legal Officer, Senior Legal Officer, Principal Legal Officer and Interim Director General of the International Seabed Authority; Secretary to the Assembly, the Council and the Credentials Committee

2013–Present Legal Advisor, Department of Treaty and Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China

EDUCATION:

1984–1987    Doctorate Candidate for International Law, Law School, Peking University, obtained degree of Juridical Science Doctor (JSD) in 1987

1986.9–1986.11    Visiting Lecturer on International Environmental Law, Law Faculty, University of British Columbia, Canada

1986.11–1987.4    Visiting Scholar, Law School, New York University, the United States of America

1980–1982    Visiting Scholar, Law Faculty, Melbourne University, Australia

1979–1982    Post Graduate of Journalism, School of Post Graduate, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, obtained LL.M in 1982

1973–1977    English Department, Beijing International Studies University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1987–1993    Participated in the negotiations on the conclusion of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC); Conducted affairs concerning China’s ratification of CRC

Drafted China’s initial report of the Convention against Torture (CAT) and participated in consideration on the report

1987–1993    Participated in China’s negotiations on bilateral legal assistance agreements in criminal matters with Turkey, Romania, Ukraine, Mongolia and Bulgaria

1990   Headed Central Government fact-finding team to investigate treatment of Tibetan offenders jailed in Lasa Penitentiary, Tibet, to meet the request of the Committee against Torture to submit supplementary report

1990   Attended the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders in Havana, Cuba, as legal advisor of the Chinese delegation

1993–1997    Attended meetings and negotiations on various legal subjects conducted in the Sixth Committee (Legal) and the Third Committee (Human Rights) of General Assembly of the United Nations

As Legal Advisor to the Permanent Mission of China to the UN, participated in the negotiations on the establishment of the criminal tribunals of the Former Yugoslav Tribunal and the Rwanda Tribunal

Lectured at Law School of Peking University on the work of the Committee against Torture and its consideration of China’s reports

PUBLICATIONS（2004-Present）

Editor, Board of Editors, Chinese Journal of International Law, English version, Oxford University Press