Publications

Articles, Commentaries and Books

Year 2004

Submission to Panel on Home Affairs Legislative Council --- Views on the second report of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People's Republic of China in the light of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Report of the HKSAR under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the second report to be prepared by the HKSAR under the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and implementation of international human rights treaties in Hong Kong (June 11, 2004)

Submission to Panel on Home Affairs --- Legislative Council "Monitoring Mechanisms for the Implementation of International Human Rights Treaties in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Canada" (May 14, 2004)

List of issues for the Pre-sessional Working Group to take up in connection with the consideration of the second report of China: the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong concerning the rights covered by the article 1 - 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)(May 18, 2004)

Year 2003

From Global to Local: Utilizing the International Human Rights Reporting Mechanism - the Hong Kong's experience - the presentation delivered by Mr. HO Hei-wah, Chairperson of the Hong Kong Human Rights Commission (October 22, 2003) (prepared in co-operation with Rita KWOK Hoi-yee, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Hong Kong Baptist University) on the seminar on Implementation of the ICESCR in Wuhan, October 24-26, organized in cooperation with the Asian Human Rights Commission, the Center for Protection of Rights of Disadvantaged Citizens at Wuhan University law School, and the Legal Clinic of South-central University of Economics and Law in Wuhan.

Hong Kong Human Rights Commission - Submission to the Legco Panel on Constitutional Affairs on "Review of the method for selecting
the Chief Executive under the Basic Law"
(2003 June)

Hong Kong Human Rights Commission - Submission to LegCo Panel on Home Affairs about Monitoring mechanism for the Implementation of International Human Rights Treaties in the Hong KongSpecial Administrative Region (May 2003)

Hong Kong Human Rights Commission - Submission to Home Affairs Bureau, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on its Outline of the topics to be covered in the second report on HKSAR under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (March 2003)

Hong Kong Human Rights Commission - Submission to Home Affairs Bureau, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on its Outline of the topics to be covered in the second report on HKSAR under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (January 2003)


Year 2002

ˇuPolice's political prosecution by the use of the lawˇv--- In respect of the recent barbaric and rude intervention against the peaceful assembly or procession in the public movement, together with other organizations, Hong Kong Human Rights Commission had a press conference to condemn the police force and urge the government to further limit the police force by law. (Chinese version) (August 2002)

Don't let Hong Kong become a city under full surveillance --- HKHKC position paper criticizing the installation of 24-hour video-taping equipment at Lan Kwai Fong, Central (Chinese version) (April 2002)

Position Paper of HKHRC towards the Independent Police Complaint Council (IPCC) Bill (April 2002) A position paper of Hong Kong Human Rights Commission which comments on making the IPCC as a statutory body and the related issues for handling complaints by the IPCC.

Joint Statement on the attitude of the Hong Kong SAR Government towards Falun Gong Incident. (4 February 2001) - A joint statement of Hong Kong Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor, and JUSTICE: Hong Kong Branch of the International Commission of Jurists which comments on the action taken by the Hong Kong SAR Government against Falun Gong members in Hong Kong.


Hong Kong Human Rights Situations after the Change of Sovereignty (May 1998) -- A briefing Paper Summerizing What's Going on with the Human Rights Aspect in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Human Rights Commission's Comments on Civil Liberties and Social Order Consultation Document (English) (April 1997)


Hong Kong Human Rights Report, 1993