We are Hong Kong lawyers based overseas, watching the human rights situation and rule of law in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Rule of Law Update

Our bimonthly newsletter aims to provide analysis of legal developments in Hong Kong.

Processing…
Success! You're on the list.

We write about:

612fund collusion with foreign forces costs orders courts criminal law defence lawyers department of justice electoral system emergency regulations foreign judges judges June Fourth NSL NSL47 police powers political prisoners prosecutors secession sedition sentencing subversion terrorism Tong Ying Kit UN submissions

  • UNHRC Concluding Observations

    UNHRC Concluding Observations

    The UNHRC has strong words for Hong Kong’s failure to comply with international human rights obligations. The concluding observations are concrete and specific, including calling for the National Security Law to be repealed.

  • Why does Tong Ying Kit have to pay HK$1.38m to the Department of Justice?

    Tong has now been slapped with court orders to pay HK$1.38m in costs to the Department of Justice, which may well bankrupt him. Costs orders in this kind of situation are wrong in principle because the litigation involves issues of general public importance, and more importantly, because these costs orders punish those who try to avail themselves of basic human rights protections provided by the law.

  • Joint Submissions to the UN Human Rights Committee

    Joint Submissions to the UN Human Rights Committee

    Together with the Hong Kong Human Rights Information Centre, we made submissions to the UNHRC on Hong Kong’s failure to comply w the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights.

Hong Kong Rule of Law Monitor 香港法治監察