Patricia Ho
Managing Partner
Overview
Patricia Ho is a Hong Kong based human rights lawyer. She was raised in Hong Kong in a cross-culture family, and developed a preoccupation for standing up for what’s right at a young age. Much of her work involves defending the rights of minority groups in Hong Kong through judicial reviews. Her cases include a number of landmark test cases concerning asylum seekers/refugees (access to social welfare, release from detention, permission to work), transgender persons (discriminatory treatment in detention), domestic helpers (challenge against the live-in rule), sex workers (right to security) and victims of human trafficking.
In 2015, Patricia represented Mr. ZN to bring a judicial review ZN v Secretary for Justice & Ors to encourage the government to consider introducing specific legislations to criminalise forced labour and human trafficking. She is also a co-author of the Crimes (Amendment) (Modern Slavery) Bill 2019 which has been introduced in the Hong Kong Legislative Council. In June 2020, Patricia was recognised as one of ten global TIP Report Heroes.
Patricia also provides legal and strategic advice to a number of NGOs in Hong Kong, and works with both local and international bodies to advocate for the rights of marginalised groups, including refugees, asylum seekers and victims of human trafficking in Hong Kong.
Patricia is an advocate for a trauma-informed approach to client management and is trained in Post Trauma Psychosocial and Mental Health Interventions for the Refugee Population.
Outside the firm, she is the Founder of Hong Kong Dignity Institute and Principal Lecturer of the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong.
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