Kelley Loper

Edited volume

• Gender, Sexuality and Constitutionalism in Asia, (Hart Publishing, forthcoming) (with W.C. Chang, M. Malagodi and R. Rubio-Marin, eds.)

Journal articles and book chapters 

• “Gender and Constitutionalism in Hong Kong” in W.C. Chang, K. Loper, M. Malagodi and R. Rubio-Marin (eds.) Gender, Sexuality and Constitutionalism in Asia(Hart Publishing, forthcoming).
• “Dignity as a Constitutional Value in Hong Kong: Toward a Contextual Approach?” in Jimmy Chia-Shin Hsu (ed.), Human Dignity in Asia: Dialogue between Law and Culture (CUP, 2022).
• “Academic Freedom in the Shadow of Hong Kong’s National Security Law” in Hualing Fu and Michael Hor (eds.), The National Security Law of Hong Kong: Restoration and Transformation (HKU Press, 2022) 255.
• “Legal Capacity and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: An Alternative Framework to Promote Law Reform in Hong Kong and Beyond” (2021) 16 Journal of Comparative Law 692 (with C.J. Petersen)

• “The European Union as Promoter of Equality in Asia: Beyond Economic Tools of Influence”, in T. Giegerich (ed.), The European Union as a Protector and Promoter of Equality (Springer, 2020) (with H. Lau).

• “The Courts, Societal Consensus, and the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Persons: A Hong Kong Perspective” (2019) 20 Australian Journal of Asian Law 

• “Human Rights and Substantive Equality: Prospects for Same-Sex Relationship Recognition in Hong Kong” (2019) 44 North Carolina Journal of International Law

• “Book Review: E. Pils, Human Rights in China, A Social Practice in the Shadows of Authoritarianism” (2018) 16 International Journal of Constitutional Law

• “Contextual Factors Associated with Consistent Condom Use and Condom Self-efficacy amongst African Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Hong Kong” (2018) 23 Infection, Disease and Health(with W.C.W. Wong, S. Cheng, H.Y.H. Miu, J.J. Ong & J. Chen).

• “Assessing the Tongzhi Label: Self-Identification and Public Opinion” (2017) 64(4) Journal of Homosexuality509 (with H. Lau, G. Yeung, R.L. Stotzer & C. Lau).

• “Affirmative Action and Hong Kong Discrimination Law”, in D.B. Oppenheimer, R. Foster, S.Y. Han & R.T. Ford, Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law(Comparative Equality Press, 2017, 2nd edition) 271.

• “Mental Health of African Asylum-seekers and Refugees in Hong Kong: Using the Social Determinants of Health Framework” (2017) 17 BMC Public Health153 (with W.C.W Wong, S. Cheung, E Holroyd, H.Y.H. Miu & J. Chen).

• “A Lost Tribe in the City: Health Status and Needs of African Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Hong Kong”(2016) 15 International Journal for Equity and Health 158 (with W.C.W Wong, S. Cheung, E Holroyd, J. Chen, L. Tran & H.Y.H. Miu).

• “Public Opinion in Hong Kong about Gays and Lesbians: The Impact of Interpersonal and Imagined Contact” (2014) 26(3) International Journal of Public Opinion Research301 (with H. Lau & C. Lau).

• “The Protection of Asylum Seekers in East Asian State Parties to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol”, in A. Abass & F. Ippolito (eds.), Regional Approaches to the Protection of Asylum Seekers: An International Legal Perspective (Ashgate, 2014) 347.

• “Equal Opportunities Law Reform in Hong Kong: The Impact of International Norms and Civil Society Advocacy” in M. Tilbury, S.N.M. Young, and L. Ng (eds.), Reforming Law Reform: Perspectives on Law Reform Processes in Hong Kong and Beyond (HKU Press, 2014) 173 (with C.J. Petersen).

• “Prospects for Refugee Rights in Hong Kong: Toward the Legalization and Expansion of Protection from Refoulement,” in A. Francis and R. Maguire (eds.), Protection of Refugees and Displaced Persons in the Asia Pacific Region(Ashgate, 2013) 75.

• “Constitutional Adjudication and Substantive Gender Equality in Hong Kong”, in B. Baines, D. Barak-Erez, & T. Kahana (eds.), Feminist Constitutionalism: Global Perspectives(CUP, 2012) 149.

• “Minority Language Rights and Education in China: The Relevance of Human Rights Law and Substantive Equality”, in G.H. Beckett, & G. Postiglione (eds.), China’s Assimilationist Language Policy: The Impact on Indigenous/Minority Literacy and Social Harmony(Routledge, 2012) 207.

• “Substantive Equality in International Human Rights Law and its Relevance for the Resolution of Tibetan Autonomy Claims” (2011) 37 North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation

• “W v Registrar of Marriagesand the Right to Equality in Hong Kong” (2011) 41 Hong Kong Law Journal 

• “Right to Equality and Non-discrimination” in J.M.M. Chan & C.L. Lim (eds.), Law of the Hong Kong Constitution(Hong Kong: Sweet & Maxwell, 2^nd ed 2015, 1^st ed, 2011).

• “Application of Anti-discrimination Legislation”, in D. Abate & H. Tran (eds.), Discrimination Law & Practice in Hong Kong(Hong Kong: Sweet & Maxwell, 2011) 6.

• “Human Rights, Non-refoulementand the Protection of Refugees in Hong Kong” (2010) 22 International Journal of Refugee Law 404.

• “Is There Space for ‘Genuine Autonomy’ for Tibetan Areas in the PRC’s System of Nationalities Regional Autonomy?” (2010) 17 International Journal on Minority and Group Rights137 (with Y.P. Ghai & S. Woodman).

• “Discrimination Law”, in R. Glofcheski & F. Aslam (eds.), Employment Law and Practice in Hong Kong(Hong Kong: Sweet & Maxwell, 2^nd edition 2016, 1^st edition 2010) 303.

• “Toward Comprehensive Refugee Legislation in Hong Kong? Reflections on Reform of the ‘Torture Screening’ Procedures” (2009) 39 Hong Kong Law Journal 253-260.

• “One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? The Dilemma of Hong Kong’s Draft Race Discrimination Legislation” (2008) 38 Hong Kong Law Journal

• “A Secession Offence in Hong Kong and the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ Dilemma” in H.L. Fu, C.J. Petersen and S.N.M. Young (eds.), National Security and Fundamental Freedoms: Hong Kong’s Article 23 Under Scrutiny(HKU Press, 2005) 189.

• “Race and Equality: A Study of Ethnic Minorities in Hong Kong’s Education System” (2004) Centre for Comparative and Public Law Occasional Paper Series.

• “The Right to Self-Determination: Recent Developments in International Law and their Relevance for the Tibetan People” (2003) 33 Hong Kong Law Journal 167-197.

• “The Montagnard Asylum Seekers: The Importance of Protecting the Human Rights of Refugees” (2003) ISIL Yearbook of International Humanitarian and Refugee Law

Consultancy Studies, Policy Reports and Submissions

• “Public Attitudes Towards Transgender People and Anti-discrimination Legislation”, Centre for Comparative and Public Law (2019) (with H. Lau, C. Lau & Y.T. Suen). (Chinese version: 公眾對跨性別人士及保障跨性別人士的反歧視立法之民意調查).

• “Support in Hong Kong for Same-sex Couples’ Rights Grew Over Four Years (2013-2017)”, Centre for Comparative and Public Law (2018) (with H. Lau, C. Lau & Y.T. Suen). (Chinese version: 對同性伴侶權利的支持度有所提升, 目前超過半數市民支持同性婚姻).

• “Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination”, Centre for Comparative and Public Law (2018).

• “Submission to the Hong Kong Government’s Inter-departmental Working Group on Gender Recognition”, Centre for Comparative and Public Law (2017).

• “Submission for the Public Consultation on the Equal Opportunities Commission’s Discrimination Law Review”, Centre for Comparative and Public Law (2014) (with A. Da Roza & F. Aslam).

• “Public Attitudes Towards Gays and Lesbians and Towards Sexual Orientation Discrimination Legislation”, Centre for Comparative and Public Law (2014) (with H. Lau & C. Lau).

• “Research Shows a Majority of People in Hong Kong Support Gay and Lesbian Couples’ Rights, Not Necessarily Marriage”, Centre for Comparative and Public Law (2014) (with H. Lau & C. Lau) (Chinese version: 研究表明香港市民雖較少支持同性婚姻，但多數支持同性伴侶權利).

• “Submission to the Hong Kong Legislative Council: Ways to Improve the Situation of Refugees, Torture Claimants and Asylum Seekers in Hong Kong”, Centre for Comparative and Public Law (2013) (with S.N.M. Young & P. Kapai).

• “UNHCR and The Protection of Refugees in Hong Kong: Legal and Political Developments and Prospects for Government Acceptance of Protection Responsibility”, Consultancy Study for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2012).

• “Equality Law and Inclusion in Education: Recommendations for Legal Reform”, Centre for Comparative and Public Law (2010).

• “Submission to the Hong Kong Legislative Council Panel on Public Service on Language Proficiency Requirements”, Centre for Comparative and Public Law (2010).

• “The Rights of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Hong Kong”, Consultancy Report for Amnesty International (Hong Kong) (2009).

• “Alternative Report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination”, Centre for Comparative and Public Law (2009).

• “Hong Kong’s Draft Race Discrimination Legislation”, Briefing Paper for the UN Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination, Centre for Comparative and Public Law (2008).

• “Submission to the Hong Kong Legislative Council on Hong Kong’s International Legal Obligations toward Refugees and Asylum Seekers”, Centre for Comparative and Public Law (2006).

• “China’s Constitutional and Legal Framework for Autonomy: Limitations and Possibilities for Tibetan Negotiations”, Consultancy Study for the Tibetan Parliament and Policy Research Centre (2005) (with Y.P. Ghai & S. Woodman).

• “An External Study of Refugee Law and Practice in the Hong Kong SAR”, Consultancy Study for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2005) (with R. Mushkat).

• “Submission to the Legislative Council, the Department of Justice, and the Security Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR on the National Security (Legislative Provisions) Bill”, Centre for Comparative and Public Law (2003) (with H.L. Fu, C.J. Petersen & S.N.M. Young).

• “Submission on the Proposals to Implement Article 23 of the Basic Law”, Centre for Comparative and Public Law (2002) (with C.J. Petersen).

• “Submission to the Home Affairs Bureau, Hong Kong SAR Government, on Racial Discrimination in Hong Kong” (2002).

Selected Presentations

• “Gender and Constitutionalism in Hong Kong”, Gender and Constitutionalism in Asia, Chienkuo Technology University, Taipei, Taiwan, Dec 2019.

• “Gender Identity Discrimination as Sex Discrimination: Toward Transnational Dialogue”, Berkeley Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law Study Group Conference, Stockholm University, Sweden, June 17-18 (with H. Lau).

• “International Human Rights Law and Refugee Protection in Asia:  A Study of the Hong Kong Unified Screening Mechanism”, Rethinking the “Regional” in Refugee Law and Policy, 4^thAnnual Conference, Refugee Law Initiative, University of London, June 2019.

• “Asian Perspectives on the EU as Promoter of Equality: Flexing Soft Power”, Jean Monnet Symposium: The European Union as Protector and Promoter of Equality, Germany, March 2019 (with H. Lau).

• “Gender and Constitutionalism in Hong Kong”, Gender and Constitutionalism in Asia, Centre for Comparative and Public Law, Hong Kong, Jan 2019.

• “The Impact of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan”, Keynote Speech, Wuhan, China, Dec 2018 (with C.J. Petersen).

• “The Courts, Public Opinion, and the Constitutional Protection of Same-Sex Couple Rights in Hong Kong”, International Conference on Gender, Sexuality, and Justice: Resilience in Uncertain Times, Dec 2018.

• “The Rohingya, the Search for Solutions, and the Potential of International Human Rights Law”, Keynote Speech,International Conference on the Rohingya: Politics, Ethnic Cleansing and Uncertainty, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sept

• “The Concept of Dignity as a Constitutional Value in Hong Kong”, Human Dignity in Asia: Dialogue Between Law and Culture, Taipei, Taiwan, July 2018 (earlier versions presented at ICON-S Copenhagen, July 2017 and the 7th Asian Constitutional Law Forum, Bangkok, Dec 2017).

• “International human rights law and the protection of refugee women in Asia”, ICON-S, Hong Kong, June 2018.

• “Disability is Political: A Comparison of the Impact of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan”, International Symposium on Chinese Justice in a Global Context, University of Hawaii, March 2018 (with C.J. Petersen).

• “Disability Rights in China”, Henderson Center for Social Justice and the Berkeley Journal of International Law, Berkeley Law School, University of California, April 2017.

• “Publication and Dissemination of Disability Rights Research”, The More the Merrier: Multidisciplinary Research on Disability Rights Workshop, Wuhan University Public Interest and Development Law Institute, University of Hong Kong, Dec 2016.

• “Prospects for the Development of International Human Rights Norms”, International Conference on the 50th Anniversary of the Adoption of the ICCPR: Progress and Challenges Ahead, Center for International Law of the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security, Korea National Diplomatic Academy, Seoul, Nov 2016.

• “Article 24 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Inclusive Education”, International Forum on Implementing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Issues and Challenges, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, May 2015.

• “Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in China”, Centre for Comparative and Public Law, Hong Kong, May 2015.

• “Implementation of international human rights law” and “minority rights”, Myanmar Rule of Law Workshop, University of Hong Kong, Dec 2014.

• “Human Rights and the Protection of Refugees in Asia: Moving beyond the Refugee Convention,” Between Principle and Pragmatism: Australia and Refugee Law, 60 Years On,Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Nov 2014.

• “Non-refoulementand states that are not parties to the Refugee Convention”, Roundtable on the Principle of Non-refoulement, Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Aug 2014.

• “CEDAW and the Protection of Women Refugees in Asia”, Gender, Violence and the State in Asia, Centre for Rights and Justice, Chinese University of Hong Kong, May 2014.

• “The relevance of the Equality Provisions in the ICCPR and specialized human rights treaties to the design of nomination procedures”, Academic Roundtable: Universal Suffrage and Nomination Procedures: Imperatives from Article 25 ICCPR, Centre for Comparative and Public Law, Hong Kong, March 2014.

• “Clinical Legal Education and Domestic Implementation of International Human Rights Law: The Development of a Refugee Legal Clinic in Hong Kong”, International Conference on Human Rights Education, Soochow University, Taipei. Nov 2013 (with L. Ernst).

• “How UN instruments can protect the rights and interests of minorities”; “UN treaty mechanisms and how civil society can engage”, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Monitoring Workshop, Handicap International, China Vision, Beijing, July 2013.

• “Legal Representation for Asylum Seekers and Torture Claimants: A Comparative Study”, Access to Justice and Socio-legal integration of immigrants, Law and Society Annual Meeting, Boston, June 2013.

• “Legal Representation for Asylum Seekers: Ensuring ‘High Standards of Fairness’ and Respect for the Rule of Law in Hong Kong”, Centre for Comparative and Public Law, Hong Kong, May 2013.

• “The Right to Equality and Non-discrimination in Global Human Rights Instruments and Implications for Hong Kong Law Reform”, Sexual Orientation Anti-discrimination Law Forum, Centre for Comparative and Public Law, Hong Kong, April 2013.

• “Human Rights Education and Building Capacity for Refugee Protection in Hong Kong”, East Asia Symposium on Forced Migration and Trafficking in Persons, Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network, Taipei, Oct 2012.

• “Refugee Protection in SE Asia: The Potential of Human Rights Law and Treaty Enforcement Mechanisms”, International Conference on Human Rights and Peace & Conflict in Southeast Asia, Southeast Asian Human Rights Studies Network, Jakarta, Oct 2012.

• “Engaging UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies”, China/Hong Kong Workshop on Disability Rights and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Feb 2012.

• “The Development of Alternative Approaches to Refugee Protection in Asia: A Study of the Hong Kong Convention Against Torture Screening System”, Human Rights and Governance Colloquium, Shifting Global Powers: Challenges and Opportunities for International Law, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, Nov 2011.

• “Migrant Workers Rights in Hong Kong”, Experts’ Review of Findings on Gendered and Rights-Based Review of Laws, Policies and Regulations on Labour Migration in Asia and Arab States, UN Women, Bangkok, Thailand, Oct 2011.

• “The Process of Developing and Reforming Equal Opportunities Legislation in Hong Kong”, Does Law Reform Need Reforming in Hong Kong?, Centre for Comparative and Public Law and ONC Lawyers, Hong Kong, Sept 2011.

• “The Development of a Principle of Substantive Equality in International Human Rights Law and its Relevance for the Resolution of Tibetan Claims to Greater Autonomy within the PRC”, Law and Pluralism in Asia: Exploring Dynamics of Reflection, Reinforcement, and Resistance, University of North Carolina, Jan 2011.

• “Legal Representation of Asylum Seekers and CAT Claimants in Hong Kong”, UNSW-HKU Research Symposium, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Dec 2010.

• “Reflections on a Postgraduate Human Rights Programme in Asia”, International Conference on Human Rights Education, University of Western Sydney, Nov 2010.

• “Diversity, Equality and the Role of Law”, Workshop on Understanding and Addressing Diversity, University of Hong Kong, June 2010.

• “The Right to Equality and Inclusion in Education for Persons with Disabilities”, Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, May 2010.

• “The Right to Inclusive Education in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Implementation in Hong Kong”, Inclusion in Education: The Implementation of Article 24 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Centre for Comparative and Public Law, Hong Kong, Nov 2009.

• “Tibetan Language Rights”, Roundtable on Tibetan Autonomy, University of Hong Kong, July 2009.

• “Constitutional Adjudication of Equality in Hong Kong”, International Conference on Feminist Constitutionalism, Queens University, Canada, March 2009.

• “Hong Kong’s Race Discrimination Ordinance”, Centre for Comparative and Public Law, Hong Kong, Nov 2008.

• “Equal opportunities legislation in Hong Kong”, Diversity & Inclusion in Asia Network, Community Business, Hong Kong, Nov 2008.

• “Controversial Provisions in Hong Kong’s Race Discrimination Bill”, Workshop for a Consortium of Non-governmental Organizations in Hong Kong, Jan 2008.

• “Diversity and the Law: Hong Kong’s Approach to Equality”, Conference on Addressing Diversity/ Difference: Implications for Practice & Policy, Centre for Social Policy Studies, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, May 2008.

• “Minority Language Rights in Education: Toward an International Human Rights Framework?” Minority Language Education in China: Issues and Perspectives, University of Hong Kong, April 2008.

• “The Education, Training and Language Provisions in Hong Kong’s Race Discrimination Bill”, Hong Kong’s Race Discrimination Bill in International and Comparative Perspective, Centre for Comparative and Public Law, Hong Kong, March 2007.

• “Refugees and racial discrimination in Hong Kong”, Canadian Consulate in Hong Kong, Roundtable on Human Rights, March 2007.

• “Representations of Refugees in Hong Kong Law, Policy and Public Discourse”, Representation and Displacement: Refugees, IDPs and Stateless Persons in State and Nation, Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford University, Feb 2007.

• “Interpreting the Definition of Discrimination in Hong Kong”, University of Hong Kong-NUS Law Symposium: The Common Law in the Asian Century, Hong Kong, Dec 2006.

• “Non-discrimination in Education”, Roundtable on Ethnic Minorities and Language Education in Hong Kong for teachers and NGOs, University of Hong Kong, Nov 2006.

• “Public Perceptions of Refugees in Hong Kong” Roundtable on Refugees in Hong Kong, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong, July 2006.

• “Autonomy in Southern Sudan”, Autonomy Roundtable, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong, May 2006.