Who We Are
Since 2007, Justice Centre has worked within the Hong Kong community for a more fair and just society – a society in which even the most marginalised can access justice.
We are innovators unafraid of change; we have a clear vision of what it takes to make our society more just, and we’re working daily with local partners to realise it.
Working for a fairer society
We envision Hong Kong as a fair and inclusive society where even the most marginalised enjoy fundamental rights and access to justice. We want a Hong Kong in which vulnerable communities are heard, regardless of whether they are women, children, refugees, asylum-seekers, members of the LGBTQI+ community, or racial and ethnic minorities.
Everyone in Hong Kong should feel they are equal, and we’re partnering with community members across Hong Kong to provide direct assistance and use research, policy, and advocacy to drive the changes that protect their rights.
Supporting the most marginalised
The communities we partner with and advocate on behalf of include those in Hong Kong who are too often overlooked, many times facing disproportionate threats to their rights. Many of them are women, children, and/or racial and ethnic minorities.
- Asylum seekers,
- Refugees,
- Victims of torture – including Hong Kong residents,
- Victims of human trafficking – including internally-trafficked individuals,
- Victims of forced labour.
Leadership
Interim Co-Executive Director
Interim Co-Executive Director
Life at JC
- Responsible for ensuring Justice Centre’s work to challenge inequality is sustainable, including through innovative platforms such as the Hong Kong Human Rights Arts Prize, which brings difficult conversations to a more accessible forum
Life Pre-JC
- Over 10 years in finance and fundraising, bringing a human rights focus to her work including sitting on the steering committee of a multi-year Asia-wide project to challenge modern slavery
- Last job before joining Justice Centre was COO of Asia-Pacific Fundraising for Macquarie Group’s investment.
Life Beyond JC
- Reading, baking and hiking as much as possible while juggling two small and noisy children.
Interim Co-Executive Director
Interim Co-Executive Director
Life at JC
- Making sure the financial operation of JC runs smoothly and effectively by providing transparency. I also aim to be available and to provide any support I could in all forms of operations and I’m a proud working mom!
Life Pre-JC
- Certified Public Accountant, worked at various corporates such as BNP Paribas and Pricewaterhouse Coopers.
Life Outside JC
- Movie lover; Animal lover
Welfare Advisor, Legal Team
Welfare Advisor, Legal Team
Life at JC
- Increasing well-being of refugees and torture survivors through access to services like health, housing, income support and education
- Facilitating a Women’s Group that celebrates the strength, resilience and courage of refugee women.
Life Pre JC
- Legal aid lawyer in the UK working on cases involving immigration, asylum and human rights.
- Last job was working at an NGO with foreign domestic workers on cases involving employment and human rights.
Life Outside JC
- I love getting out and about with my kids in nature, watching a great play, dance or music performance and curling up with a good book.
Partnering with communities
We work in community across Hong Kong, challenging inequality with the ultimate aim of benefitting all Hong Kongers.
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We use legal services, research, policy, social welfare services, and community-centred advocacy to support, defend, and protect those who are most vulnerable to violations of their rights.
We work together with the communities we serve to ensure we are progressing towards securing what they need most.
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By providing direct assistance, we help the most vulnerable begin to heal by working towards ensuring fair laws and policies are in place to make sure those violations don’t happen again.
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When community members’ rights and personal wellbeing are under threat, we assist with asylum claims, use strategic litigation to set precedent and ensure that others don’t someday face the same mistreatment.
An Expanded vision
Justice Centre began its work back in 2007, when it was founded as the Hong Kong Refugee Advice Centre. More than a decade later, we’ve helped thousands of our community members forge a new path, working to protect their rights and giving them a fresh start.
As time went on, we realised we needed to expand our scope of work to address the vital need for research, advocacy and policy work to enact long-term change, as well as broadening our target beneficiaries to include anti-forced labour and human trafficking work in Hong Kong. This led us to rename the organisation, labelling ourselves Justice Centre Hong Kong. Today, we help hundreds of people annually through our direct services.
Our research, policy, and advocacy work helps widen the support we can offer, moving beyond individual clients to providing policy suggestions and campaigns that strengthen the rule of law in Hong Kong and serve to protect many others by establishing precedent.
You can help!
Justice Centre receives no Hong Kong government funding. That means that, in order to be able to push for a more just Hong Kong, we’re reliant upon the support of people like you.
We also utilise a pro-bono working model that brings international law firms and financial institutions in as partners to provide financial assistance and donate working hours that help with legal research and support. In addition to donations from those who’ve partnered with us to protect the most vulnerable, we also harness funding from a variety of trusts and foundations.
Learn more about how you can support our work to ensure that we continue to help thousands more moving forward.
