Wenzhan Ban

I. Personal Details    

Name: Ban Wenzhan

Gender: Male

Home Institute: China University of Political Science and Law, Institute for Human Rights (IHR)

Academic Title: Professor

Address: No.25, Xitucheng Road , Haidian District, Beijing , P. R. China

Postal Code: 100088

Tel: 010-58908276 (O)

Fax: 010-58908277 (O)

E-mail: banwenzhan@yeah.net

II. Education Background  

July 1985, graduated from the Law Department of Nankai University with a Bachelor of Laws degree

July 1988, Graduate School of China University of Political Science and Law, Master of Laws (LLM) degree

October to November 1997, Visiting Scholar, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia

September to December 2000, International Human Rights Law Short Course, Human Rights Law Center, Faculty of Law, University of Nottingham, UK

November 2003-January 2004, Visiting Scholar, Human Rights Center, University of Essex, England

III. Academic and Administrative Posts    

July 1988-March 1989, Teacher, International Law Department, Faculty of Law, China University of Political Science and Law.

March 1989-May 2002, Teacher, Public International Law Teaching and Research Office, Department of International Economic Law, China University of Political Science and Law, and served as Deputy Director and Director of the Teaching and Research Office.

In 1991, he was recognized as a lecturer

July 1997, recognized as Associate Professor.

May 2002 to March 2003, Teacher, Institute of Public International Law, School of International Law, China University of Political Science and Law

From 2002 to 2004, served as Chinese expert for the first Nordic Resource Group on Human Rights Education

March 2003 to December 2011, Deputy Director, Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, China University of Political Science and Law

September 2005, recognized as Professor

Since 2007, member of the Board of Directors of the China Society for Human Rights Studies

From 2008 to 2012, adviser to the first to fifth annual conferences on human rights education in China

Since December 2011, Deputy Director of the Human Rights Research Institute of China University of Political Science and Law  

IV. Courses Taught

Doctoral Courses:

2007 - 2008: Frontier Issues in Human Rights Theory

Master's Courses:

1997 - 2006: International Law Cases; Special Topics in International Law

2002 - Present: International Human Rights Law

2006 - Present: Human Rights Research Methods; Special Studies on Substantive Rights; Domestic Protection of Human Rights

2009 - Present: United Nations Human Rights Mechanisms

Undergraduate Courses:

1989 - 2004: International Law

International Human Rights Law (General Elective)

V. Major Publications

Chapters in Books  

Introduction to New Methods of Teaching Law - An Attempt to Teach American Law in China, China Prospect Publishing House, 1990 edition ([United States] Tan Jingshei, co-translated with Tan Jingshei, et al.)

Public International Law, China University of Political Science and Law Press, September 1993 edition (co-authored with Liang Shuying, etc.)

Public International Law, China University of Political Science and Law Press, August 1995 edition (with Liang Shuying, etc.)

International Law, China University of Political Science and Law Press, May 1996 edition (with Liang Shuying, etc.)

New Chinese-English Dictionary of Law, Law Press, January 1998 edition (with Yu Shoutong, Wen Jia, etc.)

A Course on Cases in International Law, China University of Political Science and Law Press, April 2001 edition (co-author with Liang Shuying, etc.)

International Law (Pilot Law Textbook for Reform of Talent Cultivation Mode and Open Education of the Ministry of Education), January 2002 edition, Central Radio and Television University Press (co-authored with Liang Shuying, etc.)

International Human Rights Law Course (two volumes), China University of Political Science and Law Press, December 2002 edition (co-authored with other members of the International Human Rights Law Course Project Team)

Yuanzhao Dictionary of English and American Law, Law Press, May 2003 (with Xue Bo, etc.)

Public International Law (Revised Edition) (Series of Teaching Materials for Higher Political and Legal Education Institutions), China University of Political Science and Law Press, August 2003 edition (co-authored with Liang Shuying, etc.)

International Human Rights Law (Planning Textbook for Law in the 21st Century), Law Press, November 2004 (co-authored with Xu Xianming, etc.)

International Law (Textbook for the Main Courses of Law in National Adult Higher Education), January 2005 edition, Higher Education Press (co-author with Jiang Guoqing, etc.)

International Law (Textbook for Master of Laws (LLM), Ministry of Justice), Law Press, June 2005 edition (co-authored with Zeng Lingliang, Rao Geping, etc.)

Course on Cases in International Law, Intellectual Property Publishing House, July 2005 edition (co-authored with Liang Shuying, etc.)

Selected Cases on Human Rights, Higher Education Press, June 2008 edition (co-authored with Li Buyun, Sun Shiyan, etc.)

Principles of Human Rights Law, China University of Political Science and Law Press, August 2008 edition (co-authored with Xu Xianming, Qi Yanping, etc.)

Articles:

On International Measures of Enforcement of International Human Rights Law, in Journal of the Central Academy of Political Science and Law Management Cadres, No. 4, 1995

The Criteria for the Determination of State Responsibility and Its Application--An Essay on the State Responsibility of the United States for the Attack on the Chinese Embassy in South China, in Politics and Law Forum, Supplementary Issue, June 2000

Implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by Chinese State Organs: Obligations, Responsibilities, Problems and Suggestions, edited by Bai Guimei, Human Rights in the Perspective of the Rule of Law, Peking University Press, September, 2003

The Status and Role of International Human Rights Law in the Construction of China's Human Rights Legal System”, in Politics and Law Forum, No. 3, 2005.

The Impact of the Incorporation of Human Rights Provisions into the Constitution on China's Acceptance and Fulfillment of International Human Rights Obligations”, in Mijian, edited by Mi Jian, Collected Essays on Sino-German Law, Second Series, China University of Political Science and Law Press, July 2006

Prospective Analysis of the Establishment of an Asia-Pacific Regional Human Rights Cooperation Framework”, in Human Rights, No. 4, 2008 (in Chinese and English)

The Establishment of a Universal Human Rights Culture and the Development of Human Rights Education in China”, in Journal of Guangzhou University (Social Science Edition), Vol. 8, No. 1, January, 2009

The Effectiveness of the Relief Function of China's Letters and Visits System”, in Journal of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Vol. 13, No. 1, February 2009

Human Rights Law (Legislative Guarantees of Human Rights since China's Reform and Opening-up), in 30 Years of the Rule of Law in China: Retrospect and Prospect, Xiamen University Press, May, 2009

The Purpose, Content and Methods of Teaching Human Rights Law in Chinese Universities, in Sun Shiyan, Human Rights Law Teaching in Chinese Universities: Current Situation and Prospects, Science Publishing House, June, 2009

Analysis of the Rights Relief Function of China's Letters and Visits System and Its Effectiveness, in Politics and Law Forum, Vol. 28, 2010, March 2010

Responsibilities and Obligations of the State in the Field of Human Rights Education”, in Journal of Guangzhou University (Social Science Edition), 2010, No. 3, March 2010

International Legal Standards on Freedom of Religion or Belief”, in Human Rights Studies, vol. 9, May 2010

Report on the Analysis of Human Rights Legislation, in Li Junru, ed., Report on the Development of China's Human Rights Cause No. 1 (2011) (Blue Book on Human Rights), Social Science Literature Publishing House, August 2011