Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
Regents Professor & Robina Chair in Law, Public Policy, and Society
Faculty Director, Human Rights Center
Professor, Queen's University of  Belfast, School of Law, Northern Ireland

Prof. Ní Aoláin’s U.N. Report Detailing Threats Posed to Freedoms in Hong Kong from New Chinese Security Law Featured in BBC News

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin recently issued a major United Nations report—in her capacity as U.N. Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism—asserting that a new Chinese national security law does not conform with international legal obligations. Specifically, Ní Aoláin and several fellow U.N. special rapporteurs report that the new law “lacks precision in key respects, infringes on certain fundamental rights and may not meet the required thresholds of necessity, proportionality and non-discrimination under international law.”