【简介】北京大学法学院人权与人道法研究中心原名为“人权研究中心”，成立于1997年4月25日，是一个由法学院国际法学、刑事诉讼法学、行政法学、比较法学等多种学科的教师组成的学术团体。2008年4月23日，为扩大研究领域和国际交流与合作，开始使用现在名称。
【中心组织】现任主任：龚刃韧教授
中心成员：龚刃韧、白桂梅、李红云、陈瑞华、沈岿、夏勇、蔡定剑。
【宗旨】促进人权与人道法领域的国内外学术交流；
促进人权与人道法的教育发展；
提高中国公民的人权意识。
【任务】开展人权与人道法领域的学术研究和教学；
【出版物】人权与人道法研究中心自成立以来，已与许多国内外教育和学术机构、国际组织合作完成了一批研究项目，出版了一批有关人权的书籍。其中主要有：《司法公正与人权保障》（中国法制出版社，2001年）；《国际人权文件选编》（北京大学出版社，2002年）；《法治视野下的人权问题》（北京大学出版社，2003年）；《中国未决羁押制度考察报告》（北京大学出版社，2004年）；《刑事辩护制度的实证考察》（北京大学出版社，2005年）。
【学术与教学成果】人权与人道法研究中心自2004年开始与瑞典隆德大学瓦伦堡人权与人道法研究所共同举办人权法硕士项目。该项目开设的课程有：人权与法治；公民、文化、经济、政治与社会权利；国际人权保护机制；区域人权保护机制；商业与人权；国际人道法；难民法；少数者权利的保护；妇女权利与儿童权利及人权保护系列专题讲座。
人权与人道法研究中心多次举办有关人权问题的国际和国内学术论坛；向中国的立法、行政及司法机关提供有关国际人权法的遵守和实施等方面的法律建议；组织编写和翻译人权问题的学术著作；编辑出版有关人权的文献资料。
北京大学法学院人权与人道法研究中心愿与世界各国致力于人权领域研究的机构和学者合作，共同促进人权事业的发展。
【英文简介】Research Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Peking University Law School (RCHRHL)--An Introduction
Research Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law of Peking University Law School (RCHRHL) was founded on April 25, 1997. It is an academic association with members of professors and scholars in international law, criminal procedure law, administrative law, comparative law and other areas of human rights.
The RCHRHL is dedicated to facilitating academic exchanges between scholars both at home and abroad in the field of human rights, advancing the consciousness of human rights of Chinese citizens, and promoting human rights in China.
The way of the RCHRHL to fulfill its objectives is to develop human rights research and education in China.
The RCHRHL has offered courses to both undergraduate and graduate students on many areas of human rights. These courses, besides others, include: Human Rights and Rule of Law, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; International Human Rights Protection Mechanisms, Regional Protection of Human Rights, Business and Human Rights, and International Humanitarian Law. The Center has also sponsored a joint master program on human rights with Lund University in Sweden, which is the first professional human rights education program in China.
The RCHRHL has held academic symposia and seminars on theoretical and practical problems of human rights both at domestic and international levels. It offers advisory opinions to the Chinese governmental institutions, including legislative, judicial and executive organs on matters such as the implementation of international human rights conventions. The Center also edits and translates academic works and publishes documents and other materials on human rights.
Since its establishment, the RCHRHL has launched many projects on the research and education of human rights in cooperation with domestic or international institutions and has published a series of books, including: Judicial Justice and Human Rights Protection (Chinese Legal System Press, 2001); Selected Documents on International Human Rights Law (Peking University Press, 2002); Human Rights in the Perspective of Law (Peking University Press, 2003); Reports on the Pre-trail Detaining System in China (Peking University Press, 2004).
The RCHRHL is willing to cooperate world-wide with institutions and experts devoting to the study and promotion of human rights[1].
