ZHANG WEI

Professor of Human Rights Law

Co-Director, Institute for Human Rights

China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL)

Contact Information:

l Email: ziqiao@cupl.edu.cn

Education:

l L.D., China University of Political Science and Law (2008)

l LL.M. in International Human Rights Law, Lund University / Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI), Sweden (2000)

l LL.B., China University of Political Science and Law (1995)

Research Interests:

l Rule of Law, Human Rights Education, National Human Rights Institutions, Business and Human Rights

Editorial Roles:

l Acting Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Human Rights (English)

l Editor-in-Chief, English Book Series on Good Governance and Human Rights (Brill)

l Co-Editor-in-Chief, Chinese Yearbook of Human Rights (Brill)

l Founding Editor-in-Chief, Chinese Journal of Human Rights

Academic Activities:

l Visiting Scholar, Raoul Wallenberg Institute (2007–2008)

l Visiting Scholar and Lecturer: University of Strasbourg, University of Deusto, St. Thomas University (Canada), European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation, among others

Key Contributions:

l Promoted human rights education and research in China since 1998

l Co-edited China’s first teaching manual on international human rights law (1998-2000)

l Initiated human rights training programs for university professors in collaboration with Nordic institutions

l Established the first graduate program in human rights law in mainland China (2005)

l Organized China’s first Human Rights Law Summer Academy at CUPL (2009)

l Active in Business and Human Rights (BHR) through dissertation supervision, conferences with the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, and translation of key BHR literature into Chinese