All-China Youth Federation member Conrad Ho Pui-lam urged the United Nations to refine its definition of terrorism at the Human Rights Council's 61st session 26th meeting in Geneva on Wednesday.

Drawing on Hong Kong's legal practice, Ho emphasized that terrorism offenses must be "accessible and sufficiently precise and certain”, enabling individuals to foresee liability.

He highlighted the city's common law system — with its case law and independent Judiciary — as a model bridging national definitional gaps hindering global counterterrorism cooperation.

Ho cited the Hong Kong National Security Law and Safeguarding National Security Ordinance as exemplars operating under rule of law while fostering economic stability.

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As executive vice-chairman of The Y Elites Association in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region — a nonprofit founded in 2007 to unite young professionals and promote leadership, innovation, and civic engagement — he called for clearer guidance in terrorism to enable effective actions.

“A clearer guidance on these aspects gives states tools to protect societies while safeguarding human rights and fundamental freedoms," he concluded.