Wuhan East-lake Institute for Social Advancement (EISA) Wuhan, Hubei 430063 • China Cell: +86-150-7140-2034 e-mail: dingpeng.pidli@gmail.com

 

Appointment

Principal Researcher, Director, East-Lake Institute for Social Advancement, and Wuhan Logos Consulting, since 2014; and Research Fellow, Wuhan University Public Interest and Development Law Institute, since June, 2009

Work Description:

-     Program director and researcher of the Access to Justice theme of the organization, including programs as following: Promoting Access to Justice in Rural China (2009-2010), Practitioners Focus Group on Migrant Workers’ Rights (2010, 2012), Strengthening Human Rights Safeguards in China’s Criminal Detention Centers (2010-2013), Labor and Society: Multi-disciplinary Research on the Labor Rights in Contemporary China (2013), Enhancing Access to Meaningful Pre-Trial Legal Services (2014-2018), Legal Empowerment in China: Community Engagement（2014-2015）, Support to the Rights and Entitlements of Persons with Disabilities (2015-2016), China Law and Justice Program (2016-2018);Disability Rights Studies in China (2017-2019); and Promoting Inclusive Justice for Persons with Disabilities (2018-2019);

-     Researcher of the Legal Empowerment Theories in China: Power Imbalances and Rights Invocation within the Yangtze River Pollution (2010- 2014), and Legal Empowerment in China: Theories and Practice (2011-2014);

-     Project coordinator of the Universal Periodic Review and China Civil Society (2009), and Law in Movies: Understand Us Legal System Through Hollywood Movies (2009-2010)

 

Education

 

2019 -	Wuhan University School of Law	Ph.D. student
2007 – 2009	Wuhan University School of Law	Master of Law, Major in Jurisprudence
2008 – 2009	Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies	Graduate-level certificate program conducted in English
2003 – 2007	Wuhan University School of Law	Bachelor of Law

 

Other experience

 

March, 2017	Fellow, International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), U.S.
October, 2016	Fellow, Judicial Reform Foundation, Taipei
December, 2015	Fellow, Global Course on “Legal Empowerment Leadership”, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Oct.-Nov., 2015	Visiting Researcher, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo, Norway
May, 2014	Team leader, Study Tour on the Alternative Legal Aid and Rural Legal Clinics, Philippines
October, 2013	Fellow, EU-China NGO Twining Programme, London, U.K.
June, 2013	Participant, International Human Rights Training Programme (IHRTP), Montreal, Canada
April, 2013	Visiting Researcher, Netherlands China Law Center, Law Faculty, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

 

invited Lectures & conference Presentations

-     How to Understand the CRPD Implementation in China, at the workshop on Disability and Inclusive Development, jointly organized by Handicap International and China Disabled Persons’ Federation, Beijing, China, 25 November, 2019

-     The Latest Development of Access to Justice for Persons with Disabilities in China, at 2018 China Disability Policy Dialogue, jointly organized by UNESCO, ILO, UNDP and UNICEF, Beijing, China, 3 December, 2018

-     China Disability and Sustainable Development Forum: Concluding Symposium on the UNPRPD Project in Support to the Rights and Entitlements of Persons with Disabilities in China, jointly organized by UNESCO, ILO, UNDP and UNICEF, Beijing, China, 30 June, 2017

-     Workshop on Chinese NGOs’ Using International Human Rights Mechanism for the Advocacy of Women Rights, organized by Beijing Common Language (Tongyu), Bangkok, Thailand, 14-16 January, 2016

-     Conference on “Ensuring Early Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings in China：A Handbook for Policymakers and Practitioners”, organized by University of the West of England, Bristol, U.K., 19-20 January, 2015

-     Conference on “Legal Empowerment, Power and Regulation”, host by Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia, 9 - 10 June, 2014

 

Publications

Papers

1)      The Development in the Protection for Rights of Persons with Disabilities in China, first author, in Fan Congyi, Shi Hansheng ed., Annual Report on the Development of China’s Legal Aid System No.1 (2019) (Blue Book of the Legal Ais System of China), Social Science Academic Press (China), 2019.

2)      The Opportunities and Challenges of Social Organizations Realizing Institutional Development in the Current Policy, First author, in Huang Xiaoyong ed., Report on Social Organizations in China (2019) (Blue Book of Social Organization), Social Science Academic Press (China), 2019.

3)      Legal Aid in Early Stages of Criminal Proceedings from the Perspective of Human Rights Law， co-author, in Journal of Seeking Truth, Issue 2, 2019

4)      A Post-modern Critique of the Metaphor of Oldness, Illness and Disability, in Zhang Wanhong ed.,  Disability Rights Studies in China, Volume 4 No. 2, Social Science Academic Press (China), 2019

5)      Disability and Equality in Movies, in Zhang Wanhong ed.,  Disability Rights Studies in China, Volume 3 No. 2, Social Science Academic Press (China), 2017

6)      The New Development of Legal Aid in China in 2015, co-author, in Junru Li, ed., “Annual Report on China's Human Rights NO.6 (2016) ”, Social Science Academic Press (China), 2016

7)      Equal Access to Justice for Personas with Disabilities in China, co-author, UNDP, 2016, the English version is available at http://www.cn.undp.org/content/china/en/home/library

8)      Guide on Rights Protection of Pre-trial Detainees with Disabilities, second author, in Zhang Wanhong ed.,  Disability Rights Studies in China, Volume 2 No. 2 (2016), Social Science Academic Press (China), 2016

9)      Equal Access to Justice for Persons with Disabilities: Legal Framework and Case Review, in Zhang Wanhong ed.,  Disability Rights Studies in China, Volume 2 No. 1 (2015), Social Science Academic Press (China), 2015

10)    The Latest Development of Social Organizations and Its Role in Human Rights Protection, first author, in Junru Li, ed., “Annual Report on China's Human Rights NO.5 (2015) ”, Social Science Academic Press (China), 2015

11)    Ripples across Stagnant Water: Legal Activism and Water Pollution Disputes in Rural China, second author, in Susan Trevaskes ed., The Politics of Law and Stability in China, Edward Elgar, 2014

12)    The New Protection of Rights to Legal Assistance for Criminal Detainees, in Junru Li, ed., “Annual Report on China's Human Rights NO.4 (2014)”, Social Science Academic Press (China), 2014

13)    The Extension of Rural Legal Aid and the Protection of Human Rights, second author, in Junru Li, ed., “Annual Report on China's Human Rights NO.3 (2013)”, Social Science Academic Press (China), 2013

14)    “Promote Duty Lawyers’ Scheme, Innovate Legal Aid Approaches”, second author, in Study Monthly, 5, 2013

15)    “A Socio-Legal Study of the Constitutional Interpretation System: A Functionalism Analysis”, second author, in Social Science Abroad, 2, 2013

16)    “The Rural Mediation and Governance in Contemporary China Constitutionalism Development: A Perspective of Legal Anthropology”, second author, in Jiangsu Social Sciences, 6, 2012

17)    “Legal Aid and Human Rights Protection”, second author, in Junru Li, ed., “Annual Report on China's Human Rights NO.2 (2012)”, Social Science Academic Press (China), 2012

18)    “Rural Disputes Resolution Mechanism”, co-author, in Wanhong Zhang ed., “A Practical Manual on Rural Legal Service”, Wuhan University Press, 2012

19)    “On Sexual Harassment: From the Perspective of the Movie North Country”, in Wanhong Zhang ed., “Law in Hollywood Movies”, Law Press (China), 2012

20)    “An Observation of the Public Interest Litigation and Civil Society in China”, in China Public Interest Law Journal, 1, Wuhan University Press, 2012

21)    “On the Rights Protection of Persons with Disabilities in China”, second author, in Junru Li, ed., “Annual Report on China's Human Rights NO.1 (2011)”, Social Science Academic Press (China), 2011

22)    “Rights of Migrant Workers in Contemporary China: International Standards and Domestic Implementation”，second author, in Jefferson Plantilla & Salbiah Ahmad ed., Law, Jurisprudence and Human Rights in Asia, Hurights Osaka & SIRD, 2011

23)    “Justice for All: The Problems and Possibilities of Legal Aid and Empowerment in Rural China”, second author, in both Chinese and English version as a research report from PIDLI, 2011

24)     “A Research on Several Issues of the Latest International Human Rights Law”, second author, in Luojia Jurists’ Forum, Wuhan University Press, 9, 2010

25)    “The Challenges and Opportunities of Legal Empowerment”, second author, in Human Rights in Our Time: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, China Legal Publishing House, 2010

26)     “Public Interest Litigation and Human Rights Development”, second author, in China Law Magazine (Hong Kong), June, No.3, 2008

 

Books

1)      Disability Rights Studies in China, Volume 5 Issue 1 (2018), executive editor, Social Science Academic Press (China), 2019

2)      A Training Manual for the Duty Lawyers’ Scheme in China, executive Editor, China Law Press, 2019

3)      Songs Without Music: Aesthetic Dimensions of Law and Justice, by Desmond Manderson, Chinese translator, Hebei Education Press, 2016

4)      Disability Rights Studies in China, Volume 1 (2014), executive editor, Social Science Academic Press (China), 2014

5)      Studies on the Effective Criminal Defense in Four European Countries: A Human Rights Perspective, edited by Ed Cape and others, editor and co-translator of the Chinese version, China Law Press, 2012

6)      Foundations of Law, by Hubert Rottleuthner, Chinese co-translator, Wuhan University Press, 2010