CV ZHANG Honghong

ANNEX III

Biographical data form of candidates to the Committee against Torture (Please respect the specified amount of lines when completing this form)

Name and first name: ZHANG Honghong

Date and place of birth:12th December,1950, Shanghai, China

Working languages:Chinese, French

Current position/function: (5 lines maximum)

Visiting Professor (Human Rights Law), China University of Political Science and Law Special Adviser, Department of Treaty and Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China Deputy Secretary-general of Fangxia Cultural Exchange Association Chief Legal Expert of International Alliance of Satellite Application Service of China

Main professional activities: (10 lines maximum)

2001-2004 Legal Expert and Counsellor, Department of Treaty and Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China (in charge of international human rights convention issues) 2002-2006 Legal adviser, International Network for Bamboo and Rattan 2005-2006 Deputy Director-general, Department of International Judicial Cooperation and Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice of China (in charge of international judicial cooperation and judicial protection of human rights) 2007-2009 Legal Expert and Counsellor (political and legal), Mission of the China to the EU (in charge of the EU law studies) 2009- 2011 Director-general, Department of Treaty and Law, Office of the Commissioner of the MFA in the HKSAR (in charge of international human rights conventions in HKSAR)

Educational background: (5 lines maximum)

1973-1977 Bachelor of French Literature, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing 1979-1980 Visiting scholar of International Law in School of Law, Peking University, Beijing 1981-1984 Licence spécial en droit international, Universitée libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Other main activities in the field of human rights: (10 lines maximum)

1984 Legal Adviser of Chinese Delegation, the Working Group Meeting for drafting CAT 1985-1988 Legal Adviser and Deputy Representative of Chinese delegation, the Working Group Meetings for drafting CRC 1985-1989 Legal Adviser and Deputy Representative of Chinese delegation, annual meetings of UN Commission on Human Rights 1990 Deputy Head, Chinese delegation, the periodic consideration on China’s initial report of CAT 1990 Deputy Head, Chinese delegation, the periodic consideration on China’s report of CERD 1990 Representative, Chinese delegation, the Working Group Meetings for drafting ICRMW 1996 Deputy Head, Chinese delegation, the periodic consideration on China’s initial report of CRC

List of most recent publications in this field: (5 lines maximum)

Privilege and Immunity of International Organizations ——Chinese Yearbook of International Law（1982） Different Forms of Legal Conflicts with Remission and Transmission——Chinese Yearbook of International Law (1986)