Wuhan East-Lake Institute for Social Advancement (EISA)
East-Lake Institute for Social Advancement is a registered Private Non-enterprise Entity (Legal Person) based in Wuhan, China since 2014. It aims to carry out Research on social advancement, public interest and philanthropy, and rights protection; provide consultation and training on public interest law, and support the exchange and capacity building of social organizations. EISA is established by the full support of Wuhan University Public Interest and Development Law Institute (PIDLI, www.pidli.org) to maintain its NGO legal status in China. Sharing the experience of more than 20 projects on rule of law of PIDLI, in recent years, EISA has carried out several projects on access to justice and human rights with support of UNDP China Office, UNDEF, EU, Lund University Raul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (Sweden), and several embassies in Beijing. It has also been working with local department of justice and disabled persons’ federations to train governmental legal aid lawyers and ogranize street law activities with persons with disabilities. The current strategy of both EISA and PIDLI is using the academic expertise and international view, through community based piloting actions, carry out empirical research, and apply the research outputs to human rights education and advocacy.
武汉市武昌区东湖公益服务中心（原武汉市武昌区东湖社会发展研究院）于2014年8月注册成为民办非企业(法人)单位。本机构与武汉大学公益与发展法律研究中心(PIDLI)这一人文社科研究机构密切合作，汇聚法学、社会学等领域的专业人才，以智库的力量开展研究、服务社区，推动法治社会发展与社会治理创新。其业务范围主要包括：开展助残、扶贫、济困方面的公益活动，为残障者、贫困人群等特殊群体的平等保护和融合发展提供服务与支持。
2015年以来，本机构成功入选并执行武汉市民政局、武昌区民政局的多个公益创投项目，承担中央专项彩票公益金法律援助等公益项目，为老年人、残障人等社区边缘人群提供高质量的免费咨询和志愿法律服务。此外，本机构与多个领域的研究机构和社会组织合作，扎根社区，长期关注法律援助、社区治理等议题，多次举办有关平等权利保护、社会融合与发展的研讨会、工作坊、街头咨询、入户调研等形式的活动，经验丰富，专长突出。
Professor Wanhong Zhang is the academic adviser to EISA. He is a professor at Wuhan University School of Law, Executive Director at Wuhan University Institute for Human Rights Studies (National Human Rights Education and Training Base), and Director of Wuhan University Public Interest and Development Law Institute. Professor Zhang is also the founding director of the committee of rights of persons with disabilities under China Disability Research Society (CDRS), the research arm of China Disabled Persons’ Federation (CDPF), Deputy Chairperson of Hubei Provincial Disability Research Society (HDRS), the Deputy Director-General of Hubei Provincial Disabled Persons’ Federation (HDPF). Zhang has among others hosted workshops for the Asia-Europe Disability Policy Dialogue and the Disability Think Tank Forum under the Belt and Road Initiative.
张万洪，法学博士，武汉大学法学院副教授，武汉大学公益与发展法律研究中心主任，中国法学会法理学研究会理事，武汉市东湖公益服务中心学术顾问。张万洪教授同时担任中国残疾人事业发展研究会残疾人权利委员会主任，湖北省残联兼职副理事长，湖北省残疾人事业发展研究会副会长，曾参与主持过“中欧残障政策对话”、“一带一路框架下残疾人事务智库论坛”等国际研讨会。
Mr Ding Peng is the Director of EISA, and has committed himself to human rights research and advocacy for more than 10 years. He co-authored a report for the UNDP China Office on the equal access to justice for persons with disabilities under the CRPD Article 13. It was published by the UNDP in both Chinese and English language in December 2016. His latest experience of monitoring the CPRD implementation was the draft and launch of the Equity for Diversity: A Manual on Access to Justice for Persons with Disabilities in China, during the Thing Tank Forum on Disability Issues under the Belt and Road Framework, on 11 October 2019 in Beijing. It includes specific guidelines for lawyers, social workers and other practitioners on anti-domestic violence against persons with disabilities, and equal safeguards in criminal justice for persons with disabilities.
丁鹏，法学硕士，武汉市东湖公益服务中心首席研究员、主任。丁鹏先生从事人权研究和宣传工作10余年，曾参与撰写联合国开发计划署中国代表处关于《联合国残疾人公约》第13款“残疾人平等享有司法保护的权利”报告，并在2019年“一带一路框架下残疾人智库论坛”研讨会期间，起草并发布了《残障人获得司法保护实务手册》。《手册》在针对反家庭暴力等方面为律师、社会工作者及相关维权参与者提供了具体指导方案。