The rule of law in Hong Kong is under scrutiny as several foreign judges, including Jonathan Sumption and Beverley McLachlin, have resigned from the city's courts citing pressure and a deteriorating environment influenced by China. Concerns are raised about the erosion of judicial independence and the impact on Hong Kong's reputation.
[Recap] Canadian judge Beverley McLachlin extended a three-year appointment with a commercial court in Singapore 140 days before she quit Hong Kong's top court. https://t.co/6n4UTskUaO
New from me: Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin renewed a three-year appointment on a Singapore commercial court months before announcing she was leaving a controversial post on a Hong Kong court to spend more time with her family. https://t.co/7ZLwPv6JpY
The deterioration in Hong Kong’s rule of law is erasing one of the city’s comparative advantages, and its officials are worried that more of the world will notice. https://t.co/cBvG6bvsQC
More on the judge resignations from Hong Kong’s top appeals court https://t.co/RjqA4zqqkG
Foreign judges have faced pressure, sometimes from their own governments, to resign from Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal. Some judges argue that it is easier to defend judicial independence from inside the system. But they are in a tricky position https://t.co/HeXKvJrpRh 👇
An op-ed decrying the decline in the rule of law in Hong Kong, written by Jonathan Sumpton, a Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal judge who resigned last week https://t.co/c1Nmfa5Awp
Three out of ten foreign judges on Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal have resigned this month. One of them wrote that judges “have to operate in an impossible political environment created by China” https://t.co/OVEsvUmVuL 👇
🇨🇳 CHINA'S GRIP CRUSHING HONG KONG COURTS? Former judge Jonathan Sumption warns that Hong Kong's rule of law is collapsing under Beijing's influence. The High Court's conviction of 14 pro-democracy politicians for organizing primaries under Beijing's draconian National Security… https://t.co/OOdRbyF2dd