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The Centre holds regular events for members of the Law Faculty, the University of Hong Kong, and the broader Hong Kong community. These include a regular Rights Talk series, conferences, seminars, public lectures, training sessions and workshops.

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2013

Date
Description
13 May Seminar: The Problem of Wrongful Convictions
6 May Seminar: Taking China Seriously: An Appraisal of the Symbiotic Relationship between China's Exercise of Seovereignty and the International Legal Order
27 April Forum: Sexual Orientation Anti-Discrimination Law
26 April Roundtable: Represent a refugee client with the Hong Kong Refugee Advice Centre
25 April Seminar: Prosecutorial Independence - Especially of the DPP
Notes
18 April Seminar: Public Dispute Resolution in Hong Kong: A Practitioner's Note
6 April Symposium: In Quest of Truth and Justice: The Role of Law and Religion in Pluralistic Societies

Student Conference
27 March Seminar: Cyber-bullying: Should the school make a tougher stand?
22 March Seminar: Singapore's Death Penalty Changes - Too little too late or the Beginning of the End?
20 March Seminar: A Prosecutor in a Modern Society: Upholding the Rule of Law and Respecting Rights and Freedoms
11 March Seminar: The Current Constitutional Crisis in Egypt
25 February Seminar: Judging Immigration: National Privilege and International Duties
18 February Seminar: Terrorism and the Global Rule of Law
8 January Seminar: Judicial Appointments in the Senior Courts

Lecture Notes

 

2012

Date
Description
10 December Seminar: Law, Power and International Politics with Special Reference to East Asia: Carl Schmitt's Grossraum Analysis
4 December Seminar: Nepal's Constitutional and Political Transition
3 December Seminar: Peaceful Settlement of Disputes: Paradigms, Plurality and Policy
23 November Forum:The Death Penalty in Asia
22 November Seminar:The Law of Violence and the Violence of Law
21 November Public Lecture: Islamophobia & Islamophobes
15 November Seminar:Major Issues in United States Class Action Law
8 November Seminar: The Fight Against Illicit Trafficking in Asian Cultural Relics
5 November Film: Nefarious: Merchant of Souls
2 November Public Lecture: Free speech, Reputation and Media Intrusion: British Law Reform and what it means for Hong Kong and beyond

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2 November A Dialogue with Lord Anthony Lester, QC
24 October Seminar: The Prevention of the Placement of Weapons in Outer Space and the EU Code of Conduct: A New Perspective on the International Law of Arms Control in Outer Space
7 September International Treaties and Citizenship Law in the 19th Century
26 June Seminar: In the World of the Survivor: Panel Discussion to mark International Day Against Torture 2012

Programme
21 June Seminar: Behavioural Science Evidence and the Courts: Providing Support to Victims of Torture in the Courtroom and Beyond
9 June Conference: Legal Measures to Address Mainland Births in Hong Kong
9 June Conference: Land Expropriation: Rights Defense and Law
29 May Seminar: Prosecutorial freedom: Why Hong Kong needs an independent Director of Prosecutions
7 May Seminar: Global Mining and the Challenges of Transnational Corruption, Conflict Minerals and Money Laundering
23 April Seminar:Cross-Strait Crime-Fighting: Mutual Legal Assistance between Taiwan and Mainland China
21 April Conference:What is Happening to Our Political System?

Programme

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19 April Seminar: The Dangers in Changing the law of Double Jeopardy - A Lesson from England & Wales

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16 April Seminar: Is Unlawful Downloading Really Stealing?
30 March Seminar:Segregation of Church and State and the Impact on Religious Freedom with Emphasis on the US Experience
26 March Seminar:The role of "Human Dignity" in a World of Plural Values and Ethical Commitments
15 March Seminar:Strategies of Liberalization
8 March Seminar:International Humanitarian Law and its Contemporary Challenges
16 February Panel Discussion:Implementing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in China: Challenges and Opportunities
20 January Seminar:Sex Offender Registries: The US, Europe & Interpol


2011

Date
Description
16 & 17 December Conference:The 4th Asian Constitutional Law Forum
13 & 14 December Seminar:Transitional Justice and the Rule of Law
9 December Seminar:Equal Access and the Right to Education: Where Medium is the Means and the End
5 December Seminar:Who Owns Parliamentary Privilege? The UK Parliamentary Expenses Scandal and the role of the Courts and Parliament in Defining Parliamentary Privilege
29 November Seminar:The Case for Animal Welfare Legislation
26 November Workshop: Resolving Land Disputes in East Asia

Programme
18 November Seminar:Revisiting the Free Market of Religion
14 November Seminar:Graduate and Exchange Opportunities at Osgoode Hall Law School
14 November Seminar:The Role of the Supreme Court of Canada as a Court of Final Appeal on Constitutional Issues
12 November Symposium:Beyond Asylum: Refugee Policy in Practice and How Refugees Experience It

Programme
10 November Symposium on Charity Law
7 November Seminar:The 2010 UK Bribery Act: By How Much Will the Act Affect Hong Kong Business Profitability?
4 November Seminar:Environmental Markets: A New Frontier for Asia?
10 - 13 October Power and Dynamics of Civil Disobedience
7 October Seminar:The Responsibility to Protect and Libya in 2011: A New Principal of International Law?
17 September ONC Conference on Law Reform: Does Law Reform Need Reforming in Hong Kong?
6 September Seminar:Imagining Biblical Law
24 June Seminar:The Challenges of Religion and Human Rights in a Post-Modern Secular Age
21 June China's Religion and Rule of Law Today 中國的宗教與法治
9 June Seminar:The Law and Journalism in a Post-Wikileaks Era: A Public Talk with Mark Stephens, lawyer for Julian Assange
7 May Hong Kong Women's NGO Forum: Working with CEDAW

Conference Website
28 & 29 April Conference: Recognition and the Politics of Identity and Inclusion in the 21st Century: Managing Diversity in Plural Societies
18 April Seminar: Judicial Review and the Environment: Is Judicial Scrutiny Sufficiently Intense?
15 April Seminar: New Directions in Comparative Legal Education
8 April Seminar: Change in a Changing 21st Century Economy: Embracing Social Equity as a Societal Value & Evolving Need
2 April Conference: The Situation of the Rule of Law in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong
17 March Seminar: Sovereign Immunities and the Congo Case: International and Constitutional Law Considerations and their Implications for Hong Kong as a World Financial Center
10 March Seminar: Social Science and the Courtroom
24 February Seminar: Judging in Family Law - Am I More than (Just) a "Trial" Judge?
22 February Seminar: New Voices on Hong Kong Political Reform

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21 February Speak Truth to Power
28 January Seminar: Sovereign Immunity and the Basic Law: Implications of FG Hemisphere Associates (the Congo Case) for Hong Kong

 

2010

Date
Description
9 December Seminar: The Application of the Hague Convention on Private International Law in Hong Kong
27 November Conference: Deadlock Broken: What Next?

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12 November Seminar: The Kosovo Declaration of Independence of 17th February 2008 and the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice of 22 July 2010.
15 October Seminar: Legal Issues Affecting the Future of Hong Kong, 1978-79
11 October Seminar: Review of Animal Welfare Laws in Hong Kong
5 October Seminar: Law, Politics and the Allocation of Scarce Health Resources
30 June Seminar: Sovereign Immunity versus Human Rights: The Samantar Case
26 June Panel Discussion: The Protection of the Rights of Torture Victims in Asia and Hong Kong
17 June Workshop: Understanding and Addressing Diversity in Hong Kong
17 May Dialogue: Punitive Laws, Human Rights and HIV Prevention Among MSM in Asia Pacific
13 May Seminar: European Leal Cultures and Globalisation
27 April Seminar: Media Legal Defense in Asia
20 April Seminar: The Report of the Working Group on Mediation: Recommendations on the Future of Mediation
14 April Seminar: The Possibility and Pitfall of Inferring Factual Causation
8 April Seminar: Does the University Own You - Body and Soul?
18 March Seminar: Court Mediation Systems and Mediator Ethics
5 & 6 March Conference: Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal: The Andrew Li Court 1997-2010
24 February Seminar: The Evolving Jurisprudence on Constitutional Remedies
24 February Seminar: The 9/11 Effect: Comparative Counter-Terrorism Law
30 January Conference: The Trial of Liu Xiaobo and Beyond
9 January Conference: The 2009 Consultation Document - Will it Break the Deadlock?

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2009

Date
Description
28 November Conference: Inclusive Education for Students with Disabilities: Implementation of Article 24 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
21 November Conference: 60 and Beyond: China's Modernisation and the Role of Hong Kong
7 November Conference: 60 Years and On: Human Rights in China
3 November Seminar: After Kyoto: International Welfarism and the Impossibility of Global Carbon Trading
15 October Seminar: The Constitutional Authority of the Legislative Council: The LegCo Powers Case
Questions for Discussion
10 October Conference: Hong Kong Political Reform Series: Breaking the Deadlock

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14 August Conference: Public Interest Litigation in Asia
11 June Seminar: Constitutional Rights in Two Worlds: South Africa and the United States
3 June Seminar: The Korean Judiciary: Role and Challenges in Democratization and the Rule of Law
24 May Seminar: The Politics of Judicial Review
20 May Seminar: Public Opinion and the Court
4 May Seminar: The History of the German Constitutional Court - the 'Guardian' of the Constitution and its Contribution to the Development of the German Way of the Rule of Law (Rechtstaat)
24 April Seminar: The Challenges of Modern Policing
23 April Seminar: Use of the Legal Process in Curtailing the Basic Human Rights of Advocates and Activists in the Philippines
20 April Seminar: Employment Law and the Global Financial Crisis - Public and Private Sector Employment Law Issues in Hong Kong, China, Australia and Japan
8 April Seminar: Privacy: The Changing Landscape
6 April Seminar: The Tyrannicide Brief: The Human Rights Story
3 April Seminar: Ten Years of Constitutional Rights in the Court of Final Appeal
1 April Lecture: Accountability and Responsibility - Reinforcing the Criminal Law
29 March Seminar: Lawyers and Judicial Reform: Cross-Straights Experiences
28 March Conference: Implementation of the Right to Vote and be Elected - the Theory and the Practice
24 March Seminar: The Responsibility to Protect: Preventing Gross Violations of Human Rights
23 March Seminar: State-Church Relationships in Reform China: A Retrospective After 30 Years
13 March Seminar:Why Bills of Rights are Dangerous
27 February Seminar: Poverty and Rights
22 January Seminar: US-China Relations and the Obama Administration: Implications for Human Rights
15 January Seminar: Apprehended Bias and the Reasonable Observer - How do Courts Decide Claims of Bias?
13 January Seminar: Leadership by Constitutional Courts

 

2008

Date
Description
10 December Seminar: The Situation of Human Rights Lawyers in China
4 & 5 December Conference: Legal Development in East Asia: China-Vietnam Compared
25 November Seminar: Protecting the Rights of Refugees in the Global South
7 November Seminar: Criminal Justice in Singapore - Winds of Change?
31 October Seminar: Developments in Research, Testing and Teaching
31 October Seminar: Integrated and Inclusive Regulatory Management of Animal Welfare in New Zealand
12 September Seminar: Constitutional Adjudication and Populist Democracy: When Hard Cases Make Really Bad Law
9 September Seminar: William Blackstone and his Impact on the Rise of Modern Constitutionalism
9 July Seminar: Intoxication is Never a Defence
30 May Conference: Resolution of Labour and Employment Dispute - Workplace Fairness Disputes in a Global Community: Hong Kong and PRC Perspectives
28 May Film: Lilya 4-ever
26 May Seminar: Human Trafficking: Regional and International Perspectives
26 April Forum: Towards Full Inclusion: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Human Rights
24 April Seminar: The Internatioanl Legal Protection of the Amazon
9 April Seminar: The Ao Man Long Case and Criminal Justice in Macau
18 March Seminar: Dynastic Chinese Law and the Modern Chinese Legal Identity
23 January Seminar: Constitutional Interpretation and the Basic Law of the Macao SAR

 

 

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