Hong Kong’s New Security Procedures and the Question of Retroactivity

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Hong Kong introduced new national security procedures allowing retroactive application to older cases. This legislative change raises debates about procedural fairness and the balance between state security and legal norms in the region.

Matthew Cheng of the South China Morning Post, in “New Hong Kong law allows national security procedures to extend to older cases,” highlights a familiar tension in statecraft. That is, the boundary between procedural adaptation and retrospective application.  Background on the law: The new legislation allows the chief executive to classify certain criminal cases as involving national security, subjecting them … Read more The post Hong Kong’s New Security Procedures and the Question of Retroactivity appeared first on Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University.