Event Recording: Criminal Justice in Hong Kong Under the National Security Law

Recorded on December 2, 2020
Event Description: 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.