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AGNES CHONG"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"48965\" class=\"elementor elementor-48965\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f2cdac elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"6f2cdac\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_direction&quot;:&quot;out-in-out&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:2,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_range&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:40,&quot;end&quot;:60}},&quot;background_motion_fx_range&quot;:&quot;viewport&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-34857ae\" data-id=\"34857ae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-06c6540 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"06c6540\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-743f20c\" data-id=\"743f20c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09a02ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"09a02ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/people\/\">&lt; People<\/a><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-909fb1e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"909fb1e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48344a9\" data-id=\"48344a9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8de0ef people_name elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e8de0ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PROF. AGNES CHONG \u5f35\u78a7\u73e0\u6559\u6388\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01b6e1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01b6e1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Assistant Professor \u52a9\u7406\u6559\u6388<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-733e3e3 people_info elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"733e3e3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab5663f\" data-id=\"ab5663f\" 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>(852) 3943 9979<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc21397 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc21397\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>(852) 2994 2505<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e6d2b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e6d2b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span><a href=\"mailto:agneschong@cuhk.edu.hk\">agneschong@cuhk.edu.hk<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0ce616 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b0ce616\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>Room 611<br \/><\/span><span>Faculty of Law<br \/><\/span><span>6\/F, Lee Shau Kee Building<br \/><\/span><span>The Chinese University of Hong Kong<br \/><\/span><span>Sha Tin, NT, Hong Kong SAR<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6be9250 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6be9250\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0363a0f\" data-id=\"0363a0f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20f6933 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20f6933\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Agnes Chong is an Assistant Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law. Dr. Chong\u2019s research interests include international law, watercourses law, environmental law and human rights law.<\/p><p>Dr. Chong received her PhD in International Law (pass with no revisions) from the University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law. Her doctoral thesis, \u201cThe Non-Hierarchical Norms of No-Harm and Equitable Utilisation in International Watercourses Law,\u201d was nominated for the Li Ka-Shing Prize 2018, a university-wide recognition for research excellence. Dr. Chong was an assistant professor at the University of Hong Kong and a visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge.<\/p><p>Dr. Chong has an LLM in Human Rights Law from the University of Hong Kong, an MSc in Development Studies from the London School of Economics and BA in Chinese and Management Studies from the University of Leeds. She also spent two years studying in China at Tianjin Normal University and the Johns Hopkins University\u2013Nanjing University, Center for Chinese and American Studies.<\/p><p>Dr. Chong is admitted as a solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong. She has broad professional experience in law and policy in Asia, having worked in leading international law firms Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, O\u2019Melveny &amp; Myers and Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton in Hong Kong, and in international organisations working with the United Nations and the World Bank\u2019s International Finance Corporation in Thailand and China. Dr. Chong has been accredited by The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute for ESG Reporting.<\/p><p>Dr. Chong is an editorial board member of the Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law, and Chair of the CUHK Law, Centre for Comparative and Transnational Law, Environmental, Energy and Climate Law Cluster. Dr. Chong is a member of the World Bank Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development, Water Law Working Group and Groundwater Law Sub-Group. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/programs\/globalforumljd\/brief\/water-law\">https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/programs\/globalforumljd\/brief\/water-law<\/a> Dr. Chong is also an Affiliate of the International Water Law Academy and a Thought Leader for Harvard Business Publishing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bfb95f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5bfb95f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">PUBLICATIONS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98faa9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98faa9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Monographs<\/p><ul><li><em>\u201cInternational Law for Freshwater Protection\u201d<\/em>, <em>Brill Nijhoff<\/em>, 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/peacepalacelibrary.nl\/research-guide\/water\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/peacepalacelibrary.nl\/research-guide\/water<\/a>;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icj-cij.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2023-11\/bibliography_2020-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.icj-cij.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2023-11\/bibliography_2020-2022.pdf<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>Journal Articles<\/p><ul><li>\u201cCommunity of Communities\u201d as Substantive and Procedural Fairness in International Water Law, <em>Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law<\/em>, 2025, Volume 43, 613-632.<\/li><li>\u201cProgressive International Water Law and the ILC\u2019s 2018 Conclusions on Subsequent Agreements and Subsequent Practice in relation to the Interpretation of Treaties\u201d, <em>The Australian International Law Journal<\/em>, 2023, Volume 30, 69-97.<span><\/span><\/li><li><span><\/span> \u201cShared Rights, Shared Costs? The Question of Water Infrastructures in International Water Law\u201d (2024) \u00a0<em>Journal of Water Law,<\/em> Volume 28, Issue 2, 122-130.<\/li><li><span><\/span> \u201c<em>Silala<\/em>: A Missed Opportunity to Define the Equitable Utilization Right?\u201d (2024) <em>Denver<\/em> <em>Journal of International Law and Policy<\/em> Volume 53, Issue 1, 51-73.<\/li><li><span><\/span> \u201cRestoring the Environmental Protection of International Rivers: A Case for a Textual Approach to Interpreting Global Water Treaties\u201d (2024) <em>Boston University International<\/em> <em>Law Journal<\/em>, Volume 42, Issue 1, 28-58.<\/li><li><span><\/span> \u201c<em>Silala<\/em>: The Equitable Utilization Right and the Issues of Water Commodification and Artificial Flows\u201d (2023) <em>Wyoming Law Review<\/em>, Volume 23, Issue 2, 129-150.<\/li><li><span><\/span> \u201cThe Positive Obligation to Prevent Climate Harm Under the Law of Responsibility\u201d (2022) <em>Georgetown Environmental Law Review<\/em>, Volume 34, Issue 2, 275-302.<\/li><li><span><\/span> \u201cState Responsibility for Climate Change Damage and The Evolving Human Rights Regime\u201d (2020) <em>German Yearbook of International Law<\/em>, Volume 63, 481-509.<\/li><li><span><\/span> \u201cUnited Nations Security Council Resolution of International Water Disputes\u201d (2019) <em>Georgetown Journal of International Law<\/em>, Volume 50, 363-423 (with co-author).<\/li><li><span><\/span> \u201cSmoke and Mirrors: Reconciling the Right to Health and the Right to Tobacco in Times of Armed Conflict\u201d (2017) <em>Houston Journal of International Law<\/em>, Volume 39, Number 3, 489-555 (Lead article; with co-author).<\/li><li><span><\/span> \u201cChina and the Management of its International Rivers\u201d (2016) <em>Boston College<\/em> <em>International and Comparative Law Review<\/em>, Volume 39, Number 2, 227-266 (Lead article; with co-author).<\/li><\/ul><p>Book Chapters<\/p><ul><li>\u201cFailing Rule of Law: The Case of the South China Sea\u201d in <em>The Environmental Rule of Law for the Oceans, Designing Legal Solutions<\/em> edited by Froukje Maria Platjouw and Alla Pozdnakova, Cambridge University Press, 2023.<\/li><li>\u201cMembership to the United Nations\u201d in <em>Leading Judicial Decisions in the Law of International Organizations<\/em> edited by Cedric Ryngaert, Ige F Dekker, Ramses A. Wessel and Jan Wouters, Oxford University Press, 2016, 138-155. (with co-author)<\/li><li>\u201cAn Anthology of Law and Mechanisms on the Right to Water and Sanitation in the Asia-Pacific Region\u201d in <em>The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation: An Annotated Selection of Regional Law and Mechanism<\/em>s, WaterLex (UN-Water Partner), December 2017, 161-183.<\/li><\/ul><p>Book Reviews<\/p><ul><li>\u201cAnalysis of the Right to Water Needs Further Depth\u201d, <em>Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law<\/em>, 2017, Volume 18, 109-116.<\/li><\/ul><p>Teaching Materials<\/p><ul><li>\u201cRoyal Dutch Shell and Beyond: Strategizing the Future of ESG Compliance\u201d, University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Business and Economics, Asia Case Research Centre, 2021 (in English and Spanish).<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3058433 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3058433\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Lato',sans-serif; color: #ac1618;\">RESEARCH GRANTS<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91be139 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91be139\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Principal Investigator, Early Career Scheme, 2025\/26, \u201c<em>Inter-jurisdictional Cooperation on Water Preservation in the Greater Bay Area and Water Security for Hong Kong\u2019<\/em>\u201d, HK$428,000, 24 months.<\/li><li>Principal Investigator, CUHK Direct Grant for Research, 2023\/24, \u201c<em>The Evolving Legal Regime of Climate Governance and the Implications for Directors&#8217; Duties: Climate Risk As Financial Risk in Near-Term Decisions<\/em>\u201d, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK$100,000, 12 months.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-16af16e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"16af16e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ba5c75\" data-id=\"4ba5c75\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1490d3 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c1490d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt; People PROF. 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