A/HRC/42/64 Xinsheng Liu (China) Work experience 2016– Member of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee 2012–2016 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to Cyprus 2007–2011 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to Tanzania 2004–2007 Deputy Director General Department of External Security Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs People’s Republic of China 2001–2004 Counsellor, Department of International Organizations and Conferences Ministry of Foreign Affairs People’s Republic of China 1996–2001 First Secretary, Counsellor, Permanent Mission to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Other International Organizations in Switzerland 1992–1996 Second Secretary, Deputy Director, First Secretary Department of International Organizations and Conferences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs People’s Republic of China 1988–1992 Third Secretary, Second Secretary Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations New York 1986–1988 Staff Member Attaché, Department of International Organizations and Conferences Ministry of Foreign Affairs People’s Republic of China Legal education experience • June 1987 – October 1987, visiting scholar, International Law, Summer Course of the UNITAR for Diplomats, The Hague, The Netherlands • August 1985 – June 1986, visiting scholar, International Law and Development, Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, The Netherlands • September 1983 – July 1986, student, master degree, international law, Faculty of Law, Peking University, China • August 1979 – August 1983, student, bachelor degree, international law, Faculty of Law, Peking University, China Social involvement • China International Law Society, member, since 1982. Board Member of the Society in 1987 • China Law Society, member, since 1983 • Western Returned Scholars Association, member, since 1992 • All China Lawyers Association, Honorary Board Member, 1994 Activities involved relating to International Human Rights Protection July 1987–October 1987 Trainee, visiting staff, Department of International Protection, Head Office, UNHCR, Geneva 18