Paul Harris SC joins Hong Kong Watch as Advisor in UK

Today, Hong Kong Watch is delighted to announce the appointment of Paul Harris SC as a new Advisor in the UK.

Paul Harris SC is a barrister and a member of Doughty Street Chambers in London and Cornwall Street Chambers in Birmingham. He was the founding chairman of the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales and later the founder of the Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor. He was chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association from 2021 to 2022 before being forced to leave Hong Kong because of his strong opposition to the National Security Law imposed on Hong Kong by China. Paul lived in Hong Kong for 16 years and speaks Cantonese, as well as French, German and Spanish. He is the author of a history of peaceful demonstrations “Raising Freedom’s Banner: How peaceful demonstrations have changed the world”.

Hong Kong Watch established our Advisory Group in September 2021, to strengthen and enhance our advocacy work around the world. Our Advisors are based in our key advocacy arenas, including the UK, the US, Canada, Australia and Europe, and include both Hong Kongers and non-Hong Kongers, appointed on the strength of their advocacy expertise and knowledge of Hong Kong. Our Advisors provide strategic advice and ideas on policy proposals and advocacy activities, and facilitate introductions for Hong Kong Watch’s advocacy team to key contacts in legislatures, governments, think-tanks, academia, NGOs and the media. Our Advisory Group works in an entirely voluntary, pro bono way, and its members do not represent or speak for Hong Kong Watch but work in close co-ordination with our advocacy team.

We look forward to working with and warmly welcome Paul Harris SC as we develop our advocacy work.

前香港大律師公會主席夏博義加入成為香港監察英國顧問

今天，香港監察很高興宣布委任夏博義（Paul Harris）為新英國顧問。

夏博義，資深大律師，是倫敦Doughty Street Chambers大律師事務所和伯明翰Cornwall Street Chambers大律師事務所的大律師和成員。他曾任英格蘭及威爾斯大律師公會人權委員會創會主席，後來創立香港人權監察。他在2021年至2022年出任香港大律師公會主席，之後因強烈反對中國對香港強推的《國家安全法》而被迫離港。夏博義在香港生活了16年，能操廣東話、法文、德文和西班牙文。他是《捍衛自由：和平示威簡史》（Raising Freedom’s Banner: How peaceful demonstrations have changed the world）一書的作者。

香港監察在2021年9月成立顧問小組，銳意加強全球倡議工作。香港監察顧問常駐主要倡議地區，包括英國、美國、加拿大、澳洲和歐洲，當中有香港人，也有非香港人，基於倡議專業知識和對香港的了解而獲委任。香港監察顧問就政策專案和倡議活動提供策略建議和見解，並協助向立法機關、政府、智庫、學術界、非政府組織和傳媒的重要人士介紹香港監察倡議團隊。香港監察顧問小組以完全義務且不收取報酬的方式運作，顧問成員不代表香港監察，也並非香港監察發言人，但與香港監察倡議團隊密切合作。

香港監察期待與夏博義合作，並熱烈歡迎他擔任我們的顧問，參與發展倡議工作。