Paul Harris SC is a barrister at Cornwall Street Chambers and an associate tenant at Doughty Street Chambers. He was founding chairman of the Bar Human Rights Committee in 1992-94. Paul practised for many years in Hong Kong, where he was Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar in 2021-22, before being forced to leave because of his opposition to the new National Security Law imposed by China. He is the author of Conflict of Laws in Hong Kong (Sweet and Maxwell Hong Kong: 2025) and Raising Freedom’s Banner (Aristotle Lane Press: 2015), a worldwide history of peaceful demonstrations.
Britain must not forget its legal responsibilities to Hong Kong, writes former Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Paul Harris
Paul Harris looks at Hong Kong’s long tradition of peaceful and constitutionally protected street demonstrations
From its earliest beginnings in 18th century England to today’s street protests, Paul Harris explains why the right to demonstrate still matters
The legal and practical issues surrounding street demonstrations have remained remarkably similar over the 200 years since the idea of peaceful demonstrations was first thought of.
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