{"id":3530,"date":"2024-12-18T10:42:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T02:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp3.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/?page_id=3530"},"modified":"2026-07-02T10:38:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T02:38:19","slug":"prof-michael-ramsden","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/people\/prof-michael-ramsden\/","title":{"rendered":"PROF. MICHAEL RAMSDEN\u200b"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Michael Ramsden serves as the Associate Dean (Research) and Professor in the Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has previously held several other leadership positions within the Faculty of Law, CUHK, including Director of the Research Postgraduate Programme, Assistant Dean (Research), Executive Director of the Centre for Rights & Justice, and Director of the LLB Double Degree Programme.<\/p>

Prof. Ramsden is a barrister of Lincoln\u2019s Inn and a door tenant at 25 Bedford Row (London). He previously held positions in the International Criminal Court (The Hague) and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. He serves on the advisory boards of the\u00a0 Universal Rights Group (Geneva and New York) and the International Rule of Law Initiative (Ottawa).<\/p>

Prof. Ramsden has published extensively in the areas of domestic and comparative public law in common law systems, international institutional law and international human rights law. He has held research fellowships at Oxford, Cambridge, Berkeley, Columbia, University College London and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. His research has been accepted in leading international journals, including the European Journal of International Law<\/em>, International and Comparative Law Quarterly<\/em>, International Journal of Constitutional Law, Yale Journal of International Law<\/em>, Human Rights Law Review<\/em>, International Journal of Human Rights<\/em>, Journal of International Criminal Justice, Civil Justice Quarterly, Public Law, <\/em>and Harvard Negotiation Law Review<\/em>. His books have been published by Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press and Edward Elgar Publishing. Prof. Ramsden welcomes Ph.D. and graduate student research proposals in his areas of research.<\/p>

Prof. Ramsden is committed to experiential learning. Over the years he has coached teams at CUHK LAW that have won numerous major championships and awards in international mooting competitions, including in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot, International Criminal Court Moot, Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot, and the Law Asia International Law Moot. He also established the CUHK Clinic for Public Interest Advocacy, taking students out of the classroom and into the community to address the legal needs of the disadvantaged. His research on these experiential learning methods has been published in the Journal of Legal Education<\/em> and The Law Teacher<\/em>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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  • Doctorate in Public International Law, Leiden University, Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies.<\/li>\n
  • Master\u2019s in International Relations (First Class Honours), University of Cambridge, Robinson College.<\/li>\n
  • Master\u2019s in Public International Law (High Honours), University of California, Berkeley School of Law.<\/li>\n
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    • International institutional law.<\/li>\n
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      Books<\/p>

      • Hong Kong Basic Law Handbook <\/em>(Sweet & Maxwell, 3rd <\/sup>edition forthcoming; 2nd <\/sup>edition, 2019; 1st <\/sup>edition, 2015)) (with Stuart Hargreaves).<\/li>
      • International Justice in the United Nations General Assembly <\/em>(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021).<\/li>
      • Judicial Review of Administrative Action Across the Common Law World: Origins and Adaptation <\/em>(Cambridge University Press, 2021) (with Swati Jhaveri).<\/li>
      • The Hong Kong Anti-Discrimination Ordinances <\/em>(Sweet & Maxwell, 2nd <\/sup>edition, 2018; 1st <\/sup>edition, 2014) (with Hectar Pun and Ann Lui).<\/li>
      • The Hong Kong Anti-Money Laundering Ordinances <\/em>(Sweet & Maxwell, 2nd <\/sup>edition, 2017; 1st <\/sup>edition, 2014) (with Hans Mahnke, Sidney Yankson and Sharon Siu).<\/li>
      • Administrative Law in Hong Kong <\/em>(Lexis Nexis, 2nd <\/sup>edition, 2013; 1st <\/sup>edition, 2010) (with Swati Jhaveri and Anne-Scully-Hill).<\/li>
      • The Hong Kong Minimum Wage Ordinance <\/em>(Sweet & Maxwell, 2013) (with Luke Marsh).<\/li>
      • The Hong Kong Employment Ordinance <\/em>(Sweet & Maxwell, 2013) (with Luke Marsh, Miriam France, Farzana Aslam and Susanna Ng).<\/li>
      • The Hong Kong Employment Ordinance <\/em>(Sweet & Maxwell, 2012) (with Luke Marsh and Farzana Aslam).<\/li>
      • Hong Kong Commercial Crimes Handbook <\/em>(LexisNexis, 2010) (with Luke Marsh).<\/li>
      • Effective Judicial Review: A Cornerstone of Good Governance <\/em>(Oxford University Press, 2010) (with Christopher Forsyth, Mark Elliott, Swati Jhaveri and Anne Scully-Hill).<\/li><\/ul>

        Journal Articles<\/p>

        • \u2018Bundling Claims Before the ICJ: Jurisdictional Strategy Through Human Rights Treaties\u2019, University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law<\/em> (forthcoming) (with Gabriella Gebremedhin)<\/li>
        • \u2018Jurisdictional Reservations and the ICJ\u2019s Evolving Approach to Genocide Convention Cases\u2019, Melbourne Journal of International Law<\/em> (forthcoming) (with Gabriella Gebremedhin).<\/li>
        • \u2018Not a Moot Point: Avoidant Unilateral Declarations in Human Rights Disputes Before the International Court of Justice\u2019, Harvard Human Rights Journal <\/em>(2026 forthcoming)<\/li>
        • \u2018Strategic Litigation as a Catalyst for Global Dialogue: South Africa v. Israel\u2019, 46 (SI) University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law<\/em> (2025) 25.<\/li>
        • \u2018Litigating the Gaza Crisis: Legal and Political Strategies in South Africa v. Israel\u2019, 8(2) Cardozo International and Comparative Law Review<\/em> (2025) 241.<\/li>
        • \u2018Confronting Catastrophic Risk: The International Obligation to Regulate Artificial Intelligence\u2019, 46 Michigan Journal of International Law<\/em> (2025) 173 (with Bryan Druzin and Anatole Boute).<\/li>
        • \u2018Same-Sex Unions and the Misuse of Comparative Law: Sham Tsz Kit v Secretary for Justice\u2019, 87(2) Modern Law Review<\/em> (2024) 1572.<\/li>
        • \u2018Anxious Scrutiny in Hong Kong Administrative Law: Origins, Adaptations and Techniques\u2019, 19(2) Asian Journal of Comparative Law<\/em> (2024) 348.<\/li>
        • \u2018Strategic Litigation in English Judicial Review\u2019, Judicial Review <\/em>(2023) 1.<\/li>
        • \u2018Strategic Litigation in Wartime: Judging the Russian Invasion of Ukraine through the Genocide Convention\u2019, 56(1) Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law <\/em>(2023) 181.<\/li>
        • \u2018Collective Legalization as a Strategic Function of the UN General Assembly in Responding to Human Rights Violations\u2019, 40(1) Wisconsin International Law Journal <\/em>(2023) 51.<\/li>
        • \u2018The Dialogic Function of ICJ Provisional Measures Decisions in the UN Political Organs: Assessing the Evidence\u2019, 37(4) American University International Law Review <\/em>(2023) 901 (with Zixin Jiang).<\/li>
        • \u2018Strategic Litigation Before the International Court of Justice: Evaluating \u201cImpact\u201d in the Campaign for Rohingya Rights\u2019, 33(2) European Journal of International Law <\/em>(2022) 441.<\/li>
        • \u2018Uniting for Peace: The Emergency Special Session on Ukraine\u2019,\u00a0<\/span>Harvard International Law Journal<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>(online) (2022).<\/li>
        • \u2018Cooperation with United Nations Atrocity Inquiries\u2019, 45(3)\u00a0Fordham International Law Journal <\/em>(2022) 473.<\/li>
        • \u2018The Crime of Genocide in General Assembly Resolutions: Legal Foundations and Effects\u2019, 21(3)\u00a0Human Rights Law Review <\/em>(2021) 671.<\/li>
        • \u2018The Future of\u00a0<\/span>Wednesbury<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>Unreasonableness in the Substantive Review of Administrative Discretion: A Hong Kong Perspective\u2019, 9(1)\u00a0<\/span>The Chinese Journal of Comparative Law <\/em>(2021) 51.<\/li>
        • \u2018Accountability for Crimes against the Rohingya\u2019, 26\u00a0<\/span>Harvard Negotiation Law Review <\/em>(2021) 153.<\/li>
        • \u2018Defining Strategic Litigation\u2019, 4\u00a0<\/span>Civil Justice Quarterly <\/em>(2019) 407 (with Kris Gledhill).<\/li>
        • <\/span>\u2018Immigration Judicial Review in Hong Kong: The Developing Legal Framework\u2019, 33(2)\u00a0<\/span>Journal of Immigration, Nationality and Asylum Law <\/em>(2019) 177.<\/li>
        • \u2018Dualism in the Basic Law: The First 20 Years\u2019, 49(1)\u00a0Hong Kong Law Journal <\/em>(2019) 239.<\/li>
        • \u2018Judging Socio-Economic Rights in Hong Kong\u2019, 16(2)\u00a0<\/span>International Journal of Constitutional Law <\/em>(2018) 447.<\/li>
        • \u2018Uniting Against Impunity: The UN General Assembly as Catalyst for Action at the ICC\u2019, 66(4) International and Comparative Law Quarterly <\/em>(2017) 893 (with Tom Hamilton).<\/li>
        • \u2018\u201cUniting for Peace\u201d and Humanitarian Intervention: The Authorising Function of the UN General Assembly\u2019, 25(2)\u00a0<\/span>Washington International Law Journal<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>(2016) 267.<\/li>
        • \u2018Head of State Immunity and the Rome Statute: A Critique of the PTC\u2019s Malawi and DRC Decisions\u2019, 16 (4 International Criminal Law Review <\/em>(2016) 703 (with Isaac Yeung).<\/li>
        • \u2018Uniting for Peace in the Age of International Justice\u2019, 42\u00a0<\/span>Yale Journal of International Law <\/em>(2016) 1.<\/li>
        • \u2018Uniting for MH17\u2019, 6(3)\u00a0<\/span>Asian Journal of International Law <\/em>(2016) 337.<\/li>
        • \u2018Developments in Hong Kong Legal Education\u2019, 3(2)\u00a0Asian Journal of Legal Education <\/em>(2016) 144 (with Luke Marsh).<\/li>
        • \u2018British Air Strikes Against ISIS in Syria: Legal Issues Under the European Convention on Human Rights\u2019, 2\u00a0<\/span>European Human Rights Law Review <\/em>(2016) 151.<\/li>
        • \u2018\u201cReasonable Grounds to Believe\u201d: An Unreasonably Unclear Threshold in the Rome Statute\u2019, 13(3)\u00a0Journal of International Criminal Justice <\/em>(2015) 555 (with Cecilia Chung).<\/li>
        • \u2018Reflections on a High School Mooting Competition: Bridging the Gap between Secondary and Tertiary Education\u2019, 49(3)\u00a0The Law Teacher <\/em>(2015) 323 (with Luke Marsh).<\/li>
        • \u2018Same Sex Marriage in Hong Kong: The Case for a Constitutional Right\u2019, 19(1) The International Journal of Human Rights <\/em>(2015) 90.<\/li>
        • \u2018Reviewing the United Kingdom\u2019s ICCPR Immigration Reservation in Hong Kong Courts\u2019, 63(3)\u00a0International and Comparative Law Quarterly <\/em>(2014) 635.<\/li>
        • \u2018Refugees in Hong Kong: Developing the Legal Framework for Socio-Economic Rights Protection\u2019, 14(1)\u00a0Human Rights Law Review <\/em>(2014) 267.<\/li>
        • \u2018Fostering Civic Engagement Through Legal Education: Observations from Hong Kong\u2019, 1(1)\u00a0Asian Journal of Legal Education <\/em>(2014) 57\u00a0 (with Luke Marsh).<\/li>
        • \u2018The Politicalisation of Hybrid Courts: Observations from the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia\u2019, 14(1)\u00a0International Criminal Law Review <\/em>(2014) 115 (with Tom Hamilton).<\/li>
        • \u2018Using Clinical Education to Innovate the Law Curriculum and Address an Unmet Legal Need: A Hong Kong Perspective\u2019, 63(3)\u00a0Journal of Legal Education <\/em>(2014) 447 (with Luke Marsh).<\/li>
        • \u2018The \u201cRight to Work\u201d of Refugees in Hong Kong: MA v Director of Immigration\u2019, 25(3) International Journal of Refugee Law <\/em>(2013) 574.<\/li>
        • \u2018Hong Kong\u2019s \u201cHigh Standard of Fairness\u201d and New Statutory Torture Screening Mechanism\u2019,\u00a0<\/span>Public Law <\/em>(Summer 2013) 232.<\/li>
        • \u2018Assessing US Targeted Killings Under An International Human Rights Law Framework\u2019, (1)\u00a0Groningen Journal of International Law <\/em>(2013) 1.<\/li>
        • \u2018Using International Law in Hong Kong Courts: An Examination of Non-Refoulement Litigation\u2019, 42(4)\u00a0Common Law World Review <\/em>(2013) 351.<\/li>
        • \u2018Using the ICESCR in Hong Kong Courts\u2019, 42(3)\u00a0Hong Kong Law Journal <\/em>(2012) 839.<\/li>
        • \u2018Targeted Killings and International Human Rights Law: The Case of Anwar Al-Awlaki\u2019,<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>16(2) Journal of Conflict and Security Law <\/em>(2011) 385.<\/li>
        • \u2018Joint Criminal Enterprise: Cambodia\u2019s reply to Tadi\u0107\u2019, 11(1)\u00a0International Criminal Law Review <\/em>(2011) 137 (with Luke Marsh).<\/li>
        • \u2018EC Dawn Raids: A Human Rights Violation?\u2019, 5(1)\u00a0Competition Law Review <\/em>(2008) 61 (with Imran Aslam).<\/li><\/ul>

          Book Chapters<\/p>

          • \u2018Reasonable Grounds to Believe\u2019, in\u00a0<\/span>Max Planck Encyclopaedia of International Procedural Law <\/em>(Oxford University Press) (forthcoming).<\/li>
          • \u2018The International Dimension of the Hong Kong Constitutional Order\u2019, in Bui Ngoc Son, Ryan Mitchell and Stuart Hargreaves (eds)\u00a0Routledge Handbook of Constitutional Law in Greater China <\/em>(forthcoming).<\/li>
          • \u2018Strategic Refugee Rights Litigation in Hong Kong: Impact and Backlash\u2019, in Vincent Chetail and Shuvro Sarker (eds.)\u00a0Refugee Law in Asia <\/em>(forthcoming).<\/li>
          • \u2018Misfeasance in Public Office\u2019, in\u00a0<\/span>Tort Law & Practice in Hong Kong <\/em>(Sweet & Maxwell, 4th <\/sup>edition, 2022; 3rd <\/sup>edition, 2014; 2nd <\/sup>edition, 2011) (with Peter Chang).<\/li>
          • \u2018Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People\u2019s Republic of China\u2019, in Jeff. King and Oct\u00e1vio Ferraz (eds),\u00a0The Oxford Compendium of National Legal Responses to Covid-19 <\/em>(2021, Oxford University Press) (with Stephen Thomson and Eric Ip).<\/li>
          • \u2018International Influences on English Judicial Review and Implications for the Exportability of English Law\u2019, in Swati Jhaveri and Michael Ramsden (eds),\u00a0Judicial Review Across the Common Law World: Origins and Adaptations <\/em>(Cambridge University Press, 2021).<\/li>
          • \u2018English Administrative Law in Post-Handover Hong Kong\u2019, in Swati Jhaveri and Michael Ramsden (eds),\u00a0<\/span>Judicial Review Across the Common Law World: Origins and Adaptations <\/em>(Cambridge University Press, 2021).<\/li>
          • \u2018The International Responsibility of War Profiteers for Trafficking in Persons\u2019, in Nina Jorgensen (ed),\u00a0<\/span>The International Criminal Responsibility of War\u2019s Funders and Profiteers <\/em>(Cambridge University Press, 2020).<\/li>
          • \u2018Bombardment\u2019, in Dra\u017ean Djuki\u0107\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Niccol\u00f2 Pons (eds), The Companion to International Humanitarian Law <\/em>(Brill, 2018).<\/li>
          • \u2018Economic Warfare\u2019, in Dra\u017ean Djuki\u0107\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Niccol\u00f2 Pons (eds), The Companion to International Humanitarian Law <\/em>(Brill, 2018).<\/li>
          • \u2018Common Article 1\u2019, in Dra\u017ean Djuki\u0107\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Niccol\u00f2 Pons (eds), The Companion to International Humanitarian Law <\/em>(Brill, 2018).<\/li>
          • \u2018Pathways to Social Transformation through Clinic: Developing a \u201cSocial Justice\u201d Culture in Hong Kong\u2019, in Shuvro Sarker (ed),\u00a0<\/span>Clinical Legal Education in Asia<\/em>, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015) (with Luke Marsh).<\/li>
          • \u2018Legal Education in Hong Kong: a History of Reform\u2019, in\u00a0<\/span>Shuvro Sarker (ed), <\/span>Legal Education in Asia, <\/em>(Eleven Publishers, 2014) (with Luke Marsh and Christopher Young).<\/li>
          • \u2018Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance (Cap 7)\u2019, in\u00a0<\/span>The Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong <\/em>(Lexis Nexis, 2nd <\/sup>edition, 2014; 1st <\/sup>edition, 2008).<\/li>
          • \u2018Trespass to Land\u2019, in\u00a0<\/span>Tort Law & Practice in Hong Kong <\/em>(Sweet & Maxwell, 3rd <\/sup>edition, 2014; 2nd <\/sup>edition, 2011) (with Patrick Siu).<\/li>
          • \u2018Education\u2019, in\u00a0<\/span>Halsbury\u2019s Laws of Hong Kong <\/em>(LexisNexis, Vol. 10(1), 2013) (with Newton Mak).<\/li>
          • \u2018Employment\u2019, in\u00a0<\/span>Halsbury\u2019s Laws of Hong Kong <\/em>(Lexis Nexis, Vol 10(2), 2013) (with Justin Ho).<\/li>
          • \u2018Discrimination\u2019, in\u00a0<\/span>Halsbury\u2019s Laws of Hong Kong <\/em>(Lexis Nexis, Vol. 22, 2013) (with Luke Marsh)<\/li>
          • \u2018Human Rights\u2019, in\u00a0<\/span>Halsbury\u2019s Laws of Hong Kong <\/em>(Lexis Nexis, Vol. 14, 2013).<\/li>
          • \u2018Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (Cap 554)\u2019, in\u00a0<\/span>The Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong<\/em>, (LexisNexis, 2012) (with Luke Marsh).<\/li>
          • \u2018Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance (Cap 390)\u2019, in\u00a0<\/span>The Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong <\/em>(Lexis Nexis, 2012) (with Luke Marsh).<\/li>
          • \u2018Foreign Judgments (Restriction on Recognition and Enforcement) Ordinance (Cap 46)\u2019, in\u00a0<\/span>The Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong <\/em>(LexisNexis, 2011) (with Luke Marsh).<\/li>
          • \u2018Bribery, Corruption and Organised Crime\u2019, in\u00a0<\/span>Halsbury\u2019s Laws of Hong Kong <\/em>(Lexis Nexis, Vol. 60, 2011).<\/li>
          • \u2018Professions and Trades\u2019, in\u00a0<\/span>Halsbury\u2019s Laws of Hong Kong <\/em>(Lexis Nexis, Vol. 315, 2011).<\/li>
          • \u2018Contempt of Court\u2019, in\u00a0<\/span>Halsbury\u2019s Laws of Hong Kong <\/em>(Lexis Nexis, Vol. 7(1), 2011) (with Luke Marsh).<\/li>
          • \u2018Evidence\u2019, in\u00a0<\/span>Halsbury\u2019s Laws of Hong Kong <\/em>(LexisNexis, Vol. 12(1), 2011) (with Luke Marsh).<\/li>
          • \u2018Conflict of Laws\u2019, in\u00a0<\/span>Halsbury\u2019s Laws of Hong Kong<\/em>, Vol. 100, 2010).<\/li>
          • \u2018Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Cap 201)\u2019, in\u00a0<\/span>The Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong<\/em>, (LexisNexis, 2010) (with Luke Marsh).<\/li>
          • M. Ramsden, \u2018Race Discrimination Ordinance (Cap 602)\u2019, in\u00a0<\/span>The Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong<\/em>, (LexisNexis, 2009).<\/li>
          • M. Ramsden, \u2018Labour Tribunal\u2019, in\u00a0<\/span>Hong Kong Civil Procedure <\/em>(\u2018The White Book\u2019) Vol. 3, Part R (Sweet & Maxwell, 2008).<\/li><\/ul>

            Other Commentaries<\/p>

            • \u2018Human Rights Acts: The Mechanisms Compared\u2019 (2016) 132\u00a0Law Quarterly Review<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>170.
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            • \u2018R (on the application of Gentle and another) v Prime Minister; Appeal judgment [2008] UKHL 20\u2019,\u00a0<\/span>Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts <\/em>8734 (Oxford University Press).<\/li>
            • \u2018Secretary of State for the Home Department v. MB (FC) (Appellant), House of Lords\u2019 2007 ILDC 825,\u00a0<\/span>Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>825 (Oxford University Press).<\/li>
            • \u2018A necessary approach to the rule against double jeopardy?\u2019,\u00a0Archbold News <\/em>(Vol. 2) (Sweet & Maxwell, 2010).<\/li>
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