16 February 1984
Mr Robert Parry (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will statecwhat international conventions on human rights have been signed by the United Kingdom but not ratified by the Hong Kong Government:
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MR RICHARD LUCE
Of the International conventions relating to human rights to which the United Kingdom is a Party, contained in the United Nations list of Instruments on Human Rights, the following five have not been applied to Hong Kong.
The Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 1951.
The Protocol of 1953 amending the Slavery Convention signed at
Geneva on 25 September 1926.
The Convention against Discrimination in Education of 1960.
The Protocol of 1967 relating to the Status of Refugees.
The Protocol of 1962 Instituting a Conciliation and Good Offices
Commission to be responsible for seeking a settlement of any disputes which may arise between States Parties to the Convention
against Discrimination in Education.
All the others to which the United Kingdom is a Party apply to Hong Kong, subject, in some cases, to certain reservations and declarations which
were published on ratification.