Detained civil rights activist Jimmy Sham has partially won his bid for equal recognition of same-sex marriage in Hong Kong. The Court of Final Appeal ruled that the government has a constitutional duty to provide a legal framework for same-sex relationships to be recognized within a two-year timeline. However, it rejected Sham's argument that the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage violated the right to equality under the Hong Kong Bill of Rights and Basic Law. Sham's lawyer argued that the government's rejection of same-sex marriage amounts to discrimination and sends the wrong message to the public.

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