Academic Staff
Kelley Loper
Kelley Loper
Assistant Professor
BA (Yale)
LLM (HKU)
Kelley Loper joined the Faculty of Law in September 2006. She serves as Director of the LLM in Human Rights Programme, Deputy Director of the Centre for Comparative and Public Law (CCPL), an Editor of Hong Kong Law Journal, and Co-convener of the Emerging Strategic Research Theme on Diversity at the University of Hong Kong. She also serves as chair of the Board of Directors of the Hong Kong Refugee Advice Centre, a non-governmental organization which provides legal representation and assistance to asylum seekers.
Teaching
Human Rights Research, Sources and Methodology, autumn 2002, 2005, 2006, and
2007
Equality and Non-discrimination, spring 2007, autumn 2007, spring 2008, spring 2009
Hong Kong Legal System, autumn 2008 and 2009
International Protection of Refugees and Displaced Persons, planned for spring 2010
National Protection of Human Rights, planned for spring 2010
Funded Research Projects
Legal Assistance for Asylum Seekers and Torture Claimants in Hong Kong (Research Grants Council, Public Policy Research Grant)
The Rights of Refugees and Torture Claimants in Hong Kong (commissioned by
Amnesty International, Hong Kong)
The Concept of Substantive Equality and the Work of the Committee on the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination (HKU Seed Funding for Basic Research)
Equality Law and Inclusive Education for Students with Disabilities (the Henry Chan
Inclusive Education Fund)
Ethnic Minorities in the Hong Kong Education System (CCPL)
Specialized Areas: International human rights law, equality and non-discrimination,
international refugee law, minority rights
