He is also General Secretary of the Center for Human Rights Studies, CASS; Deputy General Secretary of the Center for Gender and Law Studies, Institute of Law, CASS.

He used to be Director of Department of Research Administration and International Cooperation, Institute of Law, CASS from September 2005 to April 2010; Legal consultant for UNICEF China and All China Women's Federation (ACWF) for Project on Revision of Chinese Law on Protection of Minors in 2006; and Chief of the EU Micro-project on Promotion of the Awareness and Protection of the Disadvantaged Children in China from January 2007 to June 2008.

      Institute of International Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

15 Shatan Beijie,

Beijing 100720, P.R.CHINA

Mobile Phone: +86-10-13511029698

Fax. +86-10-64014045

Email: huawen.liu@gmail.com

      Educational background:

Bachelor of Law, Southwest University of Political Sciences and Law,China, 1995;

Master of International Law, Peking University, China, 1998;

Doctor of International Human Rights Law, Peking University, China, 2003.

      Visiting research abroad:

a. From March to September 2002, visiting research for a half year at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI), Lund University, Sweden and Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR), Oslo University, Norway.

b. From February to August 2004, visiting research for a half year at the Amsterdam Center for International Law, Amsterdam University, the Netherlands.

C. From August to September 2009, Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters, Norway.

      Publications:

      I. Books

1. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its International Implementation Mechanism, coauthored with Zhu Xiaoqing, China Social Sciences Press, 2003.

2. On Dissymmetry of States' Substantial and Procedural Obligations under International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Peking University Press, 2005.

3. Rights of the Child and their Legal Protection, Chief Editor, Shanghai People's Press, 2008.

      II. English Papers

1.The Obligations of States under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Research Notes, No.04/2004, Norwegian Center for Human Rights,2004.

2.The Child's Right to Birth Registration: International and Chinese Perspectives, in Mendes, Errol P., Lalonde-Roussy, Anik (eds.), Bridging the Global Divide on Human Rights: A Canada-China Dialogue, Ashgate Publishing, 2003.

      III. Translation publications (from English to Chinese)

1. Introduction to International Human Rights Regime, Peking University Press, 2010.