Recent developments in Chinese criminal justice: a study on wrongful convictions in mainland China

Professor He Jiahong provided an overview of the most recent developments that have occurred in the Chinese criminal justice system focusing on the impact of miscarriages of justice on the discourse of legal reforms within China. 

Professor He Jiahong is a professor of law and Director of the Institute of Evidence at the Law School of Renmin University of China ('RUC'). His research interests include evidence law, criminal investigation, criminal procedure and comparative study of criminal justice systems. In 2006, Professor He was appointed as Deputy Director-General for the Department of Dereliction of Duties and Infringements on Human Rights, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate of China.