This event was recorded on December 2, 2020.

About this Event:
On July 1, a law took effect in Hong Kong that created new national security crimes, a special police unit to investigate them, and new rules with respect to searches and seizures, police surveillance, access to bail, the right to jury trial, and many other aspects of criminal procedure. Professor Simon Young, a professor and associate dean of Hong Kong University’s Department of Law and a practicing Hong Kong barrister, will discuss how the criminal justice regime created under the new national security law differs from Hong Kong’s established criminal justice regime, and the implications for human rights in Hong Kong.

About the Speaker:
Professor Simon N.M. Young teaches criminal law and evidence in the Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong, where he has been the associate dean for research since 2014.  Before joining HKU, he was a prosecutor in Ontario, Canada, and now practices at the Hong Kong Bar with Parkside Chambers specialising in criminal and public law cases.  His books have addressed a range of topics including the integrity of criminal process, Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal, media law and policy, reforming law reform, electing Hong Kong’s Chief Executive, and civil forfeiture of criminal property.  He is currently general editor of Archbold Hong Kong and co-editor-in-chief of the Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law published by Brill.