Sharon Hom

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Sharon Kang Hom (b. May 20, 1951) is currently Executive Director of Human Rights in China (HRIC), and professor of law emerita, City University of New York School of Law.

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Hom was born in Hong Kong. She received her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College, and her J.D. from New York University School of Law where she was also a Root-Tilden Scholar.

Sharon was a Fulbright Scholar in China (1986–88); served on the U.S.-China Committee on Legal Education Exchange with China (CLEEC) (1988-98); and has over 14 years of experience in U.S.-China law training and legal exchange initiatives. She was also a scholar-in-residence at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center in Italy (summer 2000).

Sharon has participated in numerous NGO, corporate, multilateral and bilateral consultations, and workshops, including serving as a judge for the Global Tribunal on Violence Against Women, convened for the Fourth World Conference on Women and the NGO Forum 95; participating as an independent expert at the WSIS International Symposium on the Information Society and Human Dignity (2003); representing the FIDH and HRIC at the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue Seminars (2003, 2004, 2005); and presenting on corporate social responsibility in China issues.

She currently sits on the advisory board of Human Rights Watch/Asia, and has previously sat on the Committees on Asian Affairs (1998-2007) and International Human Rights (2003-2006) of the Bar Association of the City of New York.

Sharon became Acting Executive Director for HRIC in March 2002, before formally becoming Executive Director in January 2003.

While at CUNY Law School, Sharon was instrumental in developing a skills-based curriculum, focusing the legal doctrine in the context of passionate advocacy in the public interest.