ACSVAW's Further Submission on Security Bureau’s Consultation Paper "Improving the Laws on Sexual Offences in Hong Kong" raises two principal concerns, which we ask the government to address: the mistaken belief in consent defence, and the omission of a "persistent child sexual abuse" offence.
Read MoreAn overview of the Association’s response and key discussions regarding the Security Bureau's July 2026 public consultation on 'Improving the Laws on Sexual Offences in Hong Kong'...
Read MoreThe Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women (ACSVAW) and "We Are X – Sexual Offence Reforms Concern Group", a group self-organised by victim-survivors of sexual violence, held a press conference to express their views following the launch of the government's public consultation on Improving the Laws on Sexual Offences in Hong Kong.
Read MoreThe Association welcomes the government’s statutory definition of consent, expansion of rape offences, and criminalisation of ‘stealthing’ and liquid splashing. However, we remain deeply concerned that failing to restrict the vague ‘mistaken belief’ defence leaves a critical loophole, allowing courts to misinterpret trauma responses as implied consent.
Read MoreAssociation Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women (ACSVAW), Hong Kong Committee on Children's Rights (HKCCR), Plan International Hong Kong, and TALK Hong Kong today launched a Joint Position Paper to urge the Hong Kong Government to close legal loopholes and modernise the city's legal framework regarding child sexual abuse. The paper has garnered the support of 32 signatories from children's rights organisations, anti-sexual violence groups, and individual professionals.
Read MoreCo-organised by ACSVAW and CCPL HKU Law, the Forum aims to foster meaningful dialogue between academics, legal practitioners, policymakers, advocates, and other like-minded professionals on how to improve our criminal justice response to sexual violence that truly aligns with the experience of victim-survivors.
Read MoreThe Association latest position paper, Toward a More Comprehensive and Timely Direction for Sexual Offence Law Reform in Hong Kong, advocates for the legal embodiment of affirmative consent principles and the creation of a new offence for persistent sexual abuse of children in the upcoming sexual offence reform
Read MoreThe administration announced in late 2024 its intention to consult the public on sexual offences reform. These amendments will implement over 70 recommendations from two Law Reform Commission (LRC) reports, incorporating insights from other jurisdictions. ACSVAW reviews the 2019 LRC report, "Review of Substantive Sexual Offences," and advocates for more contemporary reforms that better address the realities faced by victim-survivors of sexual violence.
Read MoreThe Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women’s preliminary response to the release of consultation paper on Sentencing and Related Matters in the Review of Sexual Offences by The Law Reform Commission.
Read MoreThe Association welcomes the Law Reform Commission’s release of Review of Substantive Sexual Offences report this morning (5th December 2019). The report has offered final recommendations following years of consultation conducted by the Review of Sexual Offences Sub-committee. The Association expects these recommendations to be implemented shortly.
Read MoreThe Association welcomes the recent release of Report on Voyeurism and Non-consensual Upskirt Photography by the Law Reform Commission (LRC) on the 30th April 2019. The Association would anticipate the proposed legal reform can be implemented as soon as possible to patch the current legal loopholes.
Read MoreThe Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women would express its anticipation and concerns towards the release of the Law Reform Commission's Report on Voyeurism and Non-consensual upskirt-photography on 30th April 2019.
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