# HONG KONG RADIOLOGIST ADVOCATES HUMAN-CENTRED AI AT UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL IN GENEVA

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Dr. Kevin Lau Chung-hang welcomes deepening Medical AI: AI for Diagnostic Precision,
Doctors for Compassionate Care

GENEVA and HONG KONG, Sept. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Speaking at the 63rd Session
of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC63) at the Palais des Nations in 
Geneva, Dr. Kevin Lau Chung-hang (MH, awarded the Medal of Honour by the HKSAR Government
in 2023) delivered a speech calling for the compassionate and equitable deployment
of artificial intelligence (AI) to address global development disparities. This 
marks Dr. Lau’s fourth address to the Human Rights Council, having previously attended
its 49th, 50th and 58th sessions.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Declaration on the
Right to Development and the 60th anniversary of the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights – two major milestones on the international human rights
agenda, giving special significance to this session of the Council.

Dr. Lau, a practising radiologist, the Founder & Senior Advisor of Trinity Medical
Group and Founding Convenor of the Hong Kong Youth Professional Global Advocacy (
HKYPGA), addressed a side event titled "AI for a Better Future." The session was
co-hosted by the Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the UN Office
at Geneva and the China NGO Network for International Exchanges (CNIE).

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**Bridging Healthcare and Digital Divides**

Drawing from his frontline experience in Hong Kong’s public hospitals, Dr. Lau noted
how AI is already transforming local care. Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority currently
operates 15 AI models across public hospitals, including automated systems that 
triage 2,000 chest X-rays daily.

However, Dr. Lau stressed that technological progress must serve human dignity. "
AI will read the scan; the doctor must still hold the hand," he stated, pointing
out that intelligence without compassion remains mere computation.

He highlighted critical global workforce shortages, citing World Health Organization
projections of a 10 million health worker deficit by 2030. In the WHO African Region,
the current workforce meets just 43 per cent of demand, with nations like Ghana 
having only three radiologists per million people. Meanwhile, 2.2 billion people
remain offline globally, further widening inequalities.

To address these gaps, Dr. Lau pointed to practical solutions, including portable
AI medical-imaging units developed in China weighing under 25 kg. Deployed in rural
Kyrgyzstan, now delivering rapid tuberculosis screenings for up to 400 patients 
per day, with each scan completed in just 15 seconds.

To support global capability building, Dr. Lau highlighted that China’s frontier
AI models are "open-weight" and can be downloaded and deployed at a fraction of 
the cost. He also noted key international initiatives, including the World AI Cooperation
Organisation (WAICO) — the world’s first intergovernmental organisation dedicated
to AI cooperation, headquartered in Shanghai. He further cited the WAIC Chairman’s
Statement, which prioritises the Global South, alongside UNESCO’s Recommendation
on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, which places human rights and human dignity
at the centre.

**Hong Kong’s Role as a Global Hub**

Dr. Lau emphasised Hong Kong’s role as a bridge for international cooperation. He
highlighted the Cyberport’s Artificial Intelligence Supercomputing Centre (AISC),
which is scaling up toward 3,000 petaflops, alongside the Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou
cluster ranked as the world’s No. 1 Global Innovation Cluster for the second consecutive
year in WIPO’s Global Innovation Index.

Echoing the Right to Development under Item 3 of the Council’s agenda, Dr. Lau concluded:"
Development is not a favour granted by the strong. No child offline, no patient 
unseen, no nation left behind."

**Other speech: Development dignity**

Dr. Lau asserted that human rights must be measured by tangible improvements in 
ordinary lives. Drawing a parallel between reading medical scans and evaluating 
human welfare, he emphasised prioritising life first, arguing that economic vitality
serves as the foundational bedrock of human rights and dignity.

Highlighting Hong Kong’s stability and economic growth under "One Country, Two Systems,"
Dr. Lau cited key "vital signs," including the city’s top-tier global competitiveness
rankings, leading innovation cluster status in the Greater Bay Area, and robust 
financial market performance. He stressed that economic opportunity empowers youth
and protects the vulnerable by turning rights into lived reality.

Dr. Lau concluded by calling on the Council to favour constructive dialogue and 
international cooperation over confrontation and "naming-and-shaming," urging nations
to advance the global right to development together.

**Other speech: From Historical Denial to Judicial Due Process: A Universal Human
Rights Standard**

Addressing the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Dr. Lau advocates for a 
unified, non-selective standard of human rights accountability. Speaking as a father,
he criticises Japan for failing to provide statistical data, investigate crimes,
or allow victim memorials concerning the arbitrary detention of "comfort women" 
eighty years after the Tokyo Trials, describing historical denial as a "second detention."
Transitioning to local governance, Dr. Lau defends Hong Kong’s legal system, asserting
that its courts operate independently under the Basic Law and international covenants.
Ultimately, Dr. Lau calls on the Council to operate without selectivity — urging
equal commitment to prevention, investigation, and remembrance to enable genuine
global healing.

**Other speech: One Standard of Liberty**

Addressing arbitrary detention as a global scourge, Dr. Lau called for non-selective
oversight, asserting: "So we speak truth in love — and we hold ourselves to the 
same light." Speaking as a father, he condemned Japan’s ongoing failure to account
for or investigate its historical enslavement of "comfort women", stating: "Every
one of those girls was somebody’s daughter." He expressed deep outrage over Tokyo’s
historical revisionism, adding: "What was done to them disgusts me; the denial disgusts
me more" and warning that "Denial is the second detention."

Dr. Lau emphasised that Hong Kong remains firmly underpinned by an independent rule
of law, with residents’ rights fully protected under the Basic Law and international
covenants. Stressing that judicial outcomes are based on rigorous evidence rather
than opinion. He concluded by urging the Council to operate without selectivity,
calling for impartial oversight and a collaborative approach to international peacemaking
and healing.

**Other speech: IPLSA Forum "84 Seconds to Midnight"**

Marking the 95th anniversary of the September 18 Incident, Dr. Lau urged Japan to
fully confront its wartime legacy and halt rapid remilitarisation. He warned that
historical denial poses a direct threat to regional peace. He detailed World War
II atrocities, including the Nanjing Massacre, Unit 731, and the system of "comfort
women", criticising Tokyo’s historical whitewashing as a deliberate policy choice
rather than a failure of memory.

He cautioned that unaddressed past aggression licenses present military expansion.
Citing Japan’s doubling defence spending and Sanae Takaichi’s rhetoric that "a Taiwan
contingency is a Japan contingency," he described these trends as dangerous erosion
of its peace constitution and the UN Charter. Dr. Lau called on Tokyo to abandon
historical revisionism, accept postwar outcomes, and re-embrace peaceful diplomacy.
He emphasised that "those who cannot face history should not be trusted with missiles,"
and warned that "a nation that rewrites its past is rehearsing its future."

**Dr. Kevin Lau Chung-hang’s profile**

Dr. Kevin Lau Chung-hang (MH, awarded the Medal of Honour by the HKSAR Government
in 2023)  is the Founder & Senior Advisor of Trinity Medical Group and Founding 
Convenor of the Hong Kong Youth Professional Global Advocacy (HKYPGA). He takes 
deep interest in the development of medical affairs in Hong Kong. It is shown in
his contribution being the Vice-President cum Chairman of Membership Subcommittees
of the HKU Medical Alumni Association, Honorary Treasurer of the Association of 
Private Medical Specialists of Hong Kong, Member of the Medicine and Health Committee,
Member of the Hospital Governing Committee of Tung Wah Hospital & Tung Wah Eastern
Hospital and TWGHs Fung Yiu King Hospital and Council Member of the Hong Kong Chinese
Medical Association Limited, Council for the Promotion of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau
Cooperation, Co-Founder of Hong Kong Alliance of Integrated Medicine Against Covid
and Member of Expert Advisory Board of Healthy Matters. Lau has been recently appointed
as the Community Service Advisor of The Life Underwriters Association of Hong Kong
and the Honorary Medical Advisor of Junior Police Officers’ Association.

Dr. Lau is an active member of several governmental and medical bodies. He currently
serves as a member of the Social Workers Registration Board, Vice-convenor of the
Working Group on Child Protection and Promotion of the Commission on Children, Industry
Advisory Committee on General Business to Insurance Authority, Youth Development
Committee (Action Group on Youth Development Fund and Programmes and Action Group
on Youth Wellness), Member of Appeal Panel (Housing) of the Housing Bureau and Member
of Working Group on Promotion of Family Harmony of the Central and Western District.
He is also the Member of Honorary Advisors and Corporate Volunteering sub-committees,
Member of the Community Care Fund Task Force, He was the ex-Non-official Member 
cum Convenor of Working Group on Collaboration and Promotion in Women’s Commission,
ex-Non-official Member of Commission on Poverty, ex-Member of the Social Innovation
and Entrepreneurship Development Fund Task Force, ex-Non-official Member of Steering
Committee of the Child Development Fund,  the ex-Member of Committee on Promotion
of Breastfeeding of Food and Health Bureau and ex-Non-Official Member of Working
Group on Oral Health and Dental Care.

To grant wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions around the 
world, Lau serves as the Board Director cum Chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee
of Make-A-Wish International (MAWI), he was also the Honorary Advisor and ex. Chairperson
of Make-A-Wish (Hong Kong and Macau). As a passionate believer in contributing to
the community, Dr. Lau is the Deputy General Secretary of One Country Two Systems
Youth Forum, the Advisor of Our Hong Kong Foundation, Co-Founder of the Hong Kong
Coalition, Vice-Treasurer cum Chairperson of the Professional Services Committee
of the Y.Elites Association, Council Member of Hong Kong Federation of Professions,
Council member of the Chinese Young Entrepreneurs’ Association (Hong Kong), Member
of Heilongjiang Youth Federation, Vice-Chairman of Hong Kong – Guangdong Youth Exchange
Promotion Association, Council Member of the Federation of Hong Kong and Beijing
Associations, 15th Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference(
CPPCC) Yangpu District, Shanghai, Deputy Director of the Professionals Committee
of the Hong Kong CPPCC Youth Association, Member of Hong Kong Youth Exchange Promotion
United Association, Elder of Island Evangelical Community Church, Honorary Advisor
and Honorary Member of Rotary Club of Hong Kong Sunrise, and Director of Character
Education Foundation.

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