On 28 December 2017, the Hong Kong Association of Banks (HKAB), the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) jointly released essential information on banking services in seven languages used by various ethnic minority (EM) communities in Hong Kong...

Following the ruling of a case, certain individuals verbally insulted a judge outside the court on the ground of her race to express their dissatisfaction with the ruling. In response to this incident, as well as to increasing discriminatory comments targeted at asylum seekers and ethnic minorities on the Internet, EOC Chairperson Professor Alfred CHAN Cheung-ming released an article on 4 January to raise concern about the growing racist sentiment and condemn acts of racial discrimination, harassment and vilification...

In recent years, the rights of transgender people, who continue to be marginalised and discriminated against, have raised concern in the community. At present, Hong Kong does not even have a gender recognition scheme...

The rights to security of person and to full, equal participation in society are basic human rights. But people with disabilities (PWDs) still face many barriers in exercising their rights in these areas...

The exposé of the innumerable sexual misconduct incidents in Hollywood has triggered a global #MeToo social media movement against sexual harassment. The topic has also caught on in Hong Kong and stirred up heated social discussions. Some people believe that victims of sexual harassment should come forward, while others were sceptical about the intention of alleged victims who only mentioned their experiences years after they took place. Still some others believe that ungrounded accusations or revelation of the personal information of the persons involved disturb private lives and are inappropriate...