Executive Director of the Human Rights Center (National Base for Human Rights Education & Training of the Ministry of Education), Renmin University of ChinaMember of the Working Group on Discrimination against Women & Girls, Human Rights Council, United Nations (Working Group on discrimination against women and girls | OHCHR)

Education Background

Ph. D. in law, Catholic University of Leuven (KUL), BelgiumDiplôme d’études spécialisées (DES) in International Law, Liberal University of Brussels (Université Libre de Bruxelles), BelgiumM. A., Norwegian Center for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, NorwayB. A., Foreign Affairs College, Beijing, China

Research Interests

Human rights law, labor law, social security law, international law, comparative law, migration studies

Courses Taught

International and European human rights law, labor law, social security law, comparative law, etc.

External Exchange

Visiting scholar, Yale Law School, USA (January 2017)Sohmen Human Rights Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong (January 2008 – April 2008)

Appointments

Member of the Board of Directors of the China Society of Social LawMember of the Network of Human Rights Lawyers of the Law Association for Asia and the PacificMember of the Board of Directors of China Society for Human Rights StudiesMember of the Committee of Legal Affairs of China Association of Persons with Psychiatric Disability and their RelativesEditor of the Journal of Human RightsEditor of the Frontiers of Law in China

Honors and Awards

The Book “National protection of the equal right to employment in China: an international law perspective” won the 2017 Outstanding Achievement Award in Legal Research by the Beijing Law Society

Selected Publications

Authored Books:1. Lu Haina, Big Data, AI and Women’s Right to Work, Intellectual Property Rights Press, 2021, 225 pp.（in Chinese）.2. Lu Haina, National Protection of the Equal Right to Employment in China: an International Law Perspective, China Law Press, 2015, 233 pp. (in Chinese).3. Lu Haina, The Right to Work in the Chinese Legislation, in the Light of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Antwerp-Oxford: Intersentia Publishers, 397 pp., 2011.Textbooks：1. Lu Haina, Chapter 7 Right to life & Chapter 8 Right to Respect for a Family and Private Life, in Gender and Human Rights, Liu Xiaonan (ed.), CUPL publishing, 2020.2. Lu Haina, Chapter 3 Principle of Equality and Non-discrimination, in Bai Guimei (ed.) International Human Rights Law (e-textbook), 2019.Edited books:1. Lu Haina (ed.), Case Guide of the European Court of Human Rights (translation in Chinese), Intellectual Property Rights Press, 2019.2. Lu Haina & Elisabeth Steiner (eds.), Right to a private and family life: selection and analysis of paradigm cases of the European Court of Human Rights( Vol.2), Intellectual Property Rights Press, 2016.3. Elisabeth Steiner & Lu Haina (eds.), Right to life: selection and analysis of paradigm cases of the European Court of Human Rights (Vol.1), Intellectual Property Rights Press, 2016.Selected publications in English：1. Combating Domestic Violence during Covid-19: What does Chinese Experience Show Us? in Frontiers of Law in China, Issue 1, 2021.2. China and the Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council: Is China cooperative and can they work better with each other? Correspondent author, Human Rights Quarterly (SSCI), May 2020, pp.357-391.3.“Adding A Gender Perspective to China’s Belt and Road Initiative as an International Human Rights Obligation”, in Frontiers of Law in China, Issue 4, 2019.4.“Protection of Stateless Persons in China: A Human Rights Perspective”, first author, in Frontiers of Law in China, Issue 3, 2017.5.“The Right to Employment Security in the Chinese Labor Law：Latest Developments in the light of International Law”, in Frontiers of Law in China, Issue 1, 20156.“Personal Application of the Right to Work in the Age of Migration”, reprinted in Manisuli Ssenyonjo（ed.）, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Series : The International Library of Essays on Rights, (Ashgate Publishing, April 2011).7.“Rethinking the ‘Reeducation-through-Labor’ system of China: Does it impose prohibited or permitted forced labor?”, in Hong Kong Law Journal (SSCI), Vol. 38, Part 3, 2008, pp. 831- 864.8.“Personal Application of the Right to Work in the Age of Migration”, in Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights (SSCI), Vol. 26, Issue 1, March 2008, pp. 43-77.9.“New Developments in China’s Labor Dispute Resolution System: A better protection for workers’ rights?” in Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal (Champaign: University of Illinois College of Law), Vol. 29, April 2008, pp. 247-274.10.“The Right to Equal Access to Education of Internal Migrant Workers’ Children in China”, in F. Ang, I. Delens-Ravier, & others (eds.), The UN Children's Rights Convention: Theory Meets Practice (Antwerp-Oxford: Intersentia Publishers, 2007), pp. 201-218.Selected publications in Chinese：1. Five-year Review of China’s Anti-domestic Violence Law: Progresses and Challenges, in China Human Rights Report Vol. 12 (Bluebook on Human Rights), Social Science Press, 2022.2. A Feminist Review of International Standards on the Right to Work, in Legal Science, Vol.6，2021.3. From “Stereotypes” to “Associational Discrimination”: the Development of the Employment Discrimination Litigation of LGBTI Group and its Implications, in Chinese and Foreign Law, Vol. 2019.4.“The Women’s Deliberation Mechanism in Jiangsu Province: development and challenges” (first author), in Li Junru (ed.), China Human Rights Report Vol. 9 (Bluebook on Human Rights), Social Science Press, 2019.5.“Impact of Anti-Domestic Violence Law on the Protection of Women’s Rights” (first author), in Li Junru (ed.), China Human Rights Report Vol. 8 (Bluebook on Human Rights), Social Science Press, 2018.6.“The Consultation and Evaluation Mechanism of Gender Equality in Law and Policy: An Analysis on the Practice of Jiangsu Province” (first author), in Li Junru (ed.), China Human Rights Report Vol. 7 (Bluebook on Human Rights), Social Science Press, 2017.7.“The Right to Work of Asylum Seekers: International Standards and its Implications for China”, in Renmin University Law Review, 2016, Vol.2.8.“International Protection of Environmental Refugees: Dilemma and Solutions in International Law”, in Human Rights Studies (Renquan Yanjiu), 2016, Vol.2.9.“Development and Challenges of the Elderly Assistance Work in China” (first author), in Li Junru (ed.), China Human Rights Report Vol. 6 (Bluebook on Human Rights), Social Science Press, 2016.10.“Development and Challenges in the Protection of the Right to Social Assistance”, in Li Junru (ed.), China Human Rights Report Vol. 5 (Bluebook on Human Rights), Social Science Press, 2015.11.“Protection of the Right to Work of Refugees in China: An International Law Perspective”， in Journal of Jiangsu Administrative Academy, 2015, Vol. 4.12.“Applying Chinese Labor Law to Foreigners: Rights and Regulations”, in Cases and Interpretations (Panjie Yanjiu), 2015, Vol. 3.13.“International Standards on the Rights of Migrant Workers”, in Human Rights, 2015, Vol.2.14.“New Developments of Social Security Rights in China”, in Human Rights, 2014, Vol. 5.15.“Human Rights Protection of Foreign Workers in China”, in Human Rights, 2014, Vol. 4.Recent press articles:1.“AI and Care Work: A Gender Perspective”, in China Women News, 9 May 2023.2.“Revision of the Law on Women’s Rights: A New Start for Protection of Women’s Rights in China”, in People’s Daily, 6 May 2022.3.“Why do we still need an International Day on HIV/AIDS after 30 Years?” (third author), in Financial Times (Chinese Web), 30 November 2018.4.“Equality makes us healthier” (second author), in Financial Times (Chinese Web), 28 Feb. 2018.5.“Rainbow Economy’s Supply Side Reform” (first author), in Financial Times (Chinese Web), 14 July 20176.“Gender Equality at the Workplace: What can an ordinary person do?”, in Financial Times (Chinese Web), 9 Nov. 2016.7.“Promoting Employment in the New Normal Economy”, in Guangming Daily (Theory page) on 28 Feb 2016.8.“Establishing the Refugee Identification Mechanism as China’s International Legal Obligation”, in Legal Daily (Theory page), 13 May 2015.

Research Projects

Project of Renmin University of China: national protection on equal employment right: from the perspective of international human rights law, 2014EU Project: transnational practices of immigrants in Western Europe (2006-2007)EU project: environmental change and forced migration (2007)

Contact Info

Email: Luhaina123@sina.cn