Professor Han Dayuan Lectures on Human Rights in China
10/20/2017
Professor Han Dayuan of Renmin University of China Law School presented a lecture titled, “Human Rights in China: In the Constitution and in Practice,” at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law on October 19. His presentation took place in the Wynne Courtroom.
Professor Han was a visiting professor at the law school during the Fall 2017 semester. He served as Dean at Renmin University of China Law School from 2009 to 2017, and is a longtime friend of IU McKinney. Professor Han’s lecture centered around the rule of law development in China, the status of human rights and the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China, as well as developments in judicial reform.
Professor Han received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bergen in Norway in May 2017. He also received an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Lapland in Finland in 2012, was named the Cheung Kong Scholar by the Ministry of Education in China in 2012 and was named the National Outstanding Teaching Master by the Ministry of Education in China in 2006. He is President of the China Association of Constitutional Law and Executive Vice President of the China Association of Legal Education.
In the photo from left are Professor Han and Professor Tom Wilson, Director of the Joint Center for Asian Law Studies and Director of the Chinese Law Summer Program at IU McKinney.
