Civil Human Rights Front

Civil Human Rights Front
民間人權陣線

Members of the Civil Human Rights Front protesting near Tsim Sha Tsui on the day of 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay
Abbreviation CHRF
Formation 13 September 2002 (2002-09-13)
Type NGO
Key people

Johnson Yeung Ching-yin (楊政賢) (Convener)
Icarus Wong Ho-yin (王浩賢)
Jimmy Sham (岑子杰)


Andrew Shum Wai-nam (沈偉男)
Website http://www.civilhrfront.org/ (Chinese only)
Civil Human Rights Front
Traditional Chinese 民間人權陣線

Civil Human Rights Front or CHRF (Chinese: 民間人權陣線) is an organisation that focuses on the issues of Hong Kong politics and livelihood, affiliates almost all the pan-democratic camps in Hong Kong. Forty-eight NGOs and political groups have been involved in the organisation as of January 2006. The most well-known event held by the CHRF is the Hong Kong 1 July marches.[1]

Organisational development

Civil Human Rights Front was founded on 13 September 2002, with the aim to provide a platform consolidating voices and powers from various groups and spectrum of the societies in order to advance the development in the human and civil rights movements.[2]

The initial aim was to focus on the enactment of the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law.[3] After the protest in 2003, the organisation started to diversify its mandate, to include issues such as equal opportunities and authorities given to the police.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Chan, Ming K.; Lo, Shiu-hing (2010-04-01). The A to Z of the Hong Kong SAR and the Macao SAR. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 97. ISBN 9780810876330. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Kuah, Khun Eng; Guiheux, Gilles (2009). Social Movements in China and Hong Kong: The Expansion of Protest Space. Amsterdam University Press. p. 56. ISBN 9789089641311. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  3. ↑ Lo, Shiu Hing (2008). The Dynamics of Beijing-Hong Kong Relations: A Model for Taiwan?. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 160–161. ISBN 9789622099081. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  4. ↑ Civil Human Rights Front Civil Human Rights Front Police Powers Monitoring Group’s Submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, 11 March 2013
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