Legal Training for Equal Opportunity Advocates (Workshop 1)
Objective
While there is an increased
awareness of legal protection against discrimination, there is a lack of
understanding on the part of marginal groups about how to make use of the
procedures and mechanism to seek redress to their grievances. Experience
shows that people supported by well trained advocates have a higher chance of
having their cases settled satisfactorily. There is a desperate shortage
of legally trained equal opportunity advocates in Hong Kong. This course
intends to address the desperate need for trained equal opportunity advocates
to advance the protection of clients who may face discrimination of different
forms. The participants will learn about how to assist clients to make an
assessment of the grievances, make effective use of the procedures for
settlement, and determine remedies and effective settlement.
Content
This course consists of 4 workshops. Each workshop deals with an area of the Discrimination Ordinance and instructor will deal with principles, case laws and settlement procedures including complaints, mediation and remedies of each of them.
Workshop 1: Race Discrimination Ordinance (Course Code: 13B-PE22)
Workshop 2: Sex Ordinance (Course Code: 13B-PE23)
Workshop 3: Disability Ordinance(Course Code: 13B-PE24)
Workshop 4: Other areas including Family Status Discrimination Ordinance and areas where laws have not been developed, such as sexual orientation, language discrimination etc. (Course Code: 13B-PE25)
Details
| Course Code | : | 13B-PE22 |
| Date(s) | : | 6/3/2014 |
| Time | : | 1415 - 1715 (3 Hours) |
| Venue | : | Duke of Windsor Social Service Building, 15 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, HK |
| Target Participants | : | |
| Class Size | : | 40 |
| Language | : | Cantonese (supplemented with English) |
| Fee | : | HKD 490.00 |
| HKD 440.00 (For HKCSS Agency Member Staff Only) | ||
| Early Bird Fee | : | HKD 400.00 (Payment on or before 13/02/2014 for HKCSS Agency Member Staff Only) |
| Enquiries | : | 2876 2470 or institute@hkcss.org.hk |
| Speaker(s) | : |
Mr. WONG , Derry
Mr. Wong graduated from the University of Hong Kong with Bachelor of Laws Degree and the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws. He has over 25 years of practice as barrister and has been a visiting scholar at Stanford University. He served as a bilingual counsel in law drafting and taught laws in the City University of Hong Kong.
Mr. Chong Chan Yau
Mr Chong graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and the London School of Economics and Political Science with a Master Degree in Information System. He is currently the Director of the English Learning Service Provider, EL 2100, the President of the Hong Kong Blind Union, Vice-Chairman of the Hong Kong Joint Council for People with Disabilities, Chairman of the Dialogue in the Dark Hong Kong and Chairman of Carbon Care Asia. He has served as an Administrative Officer in the Hong Kong Government, Executive Director of Oxfam Hong Kong, and Director of the HKU Student Development of the Centre for Development and Resources for Students.
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Remarks
"Small NGO Talent Development Subsidy Programme" does not apply to this course. For other financial support, please click HERE .
