AWAJCENTAL RIGHTS AND FRONICMS
COMPARISON OF TEXTS
ANNEX I TO THE JOINT DECLARATION
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The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government shall protect the rights and freedoms of inhabitants and other persons in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region according to law. The Hong Kong Special Administra- tive Region Government shall maintain the rights and freedoms as provided for by the laws previously in force in Hong Kong, including freedom of the person, of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association, to form and join trade unions, of correspondence, of travel, of movement, of strike, of demonstration, of choice of occupation, of academic research, of belief, inviolability of the home, the freedom to marry and the right to raise a family freely.
Every person shall have the right to confidential legal advice, access to the courts, representation in the courts by lawyers of his choice, and to obtain judicial remedies. Every person shall have the right to challenge the actions of ,the executive in the courts.
Religious organisations and believers may maintain their relations with religious organisations and believers elsewhere, and schools, hospitals and welfare institutions run by religious organisations may be continued. The relationship between religious organisations in the Hong Kong Special Adminis- trative Region and those in other parts of the People's Republic of China shall be based on the principles of non-subordination, non-interference and mutual respect.
The provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as applied to Hong Kong shall remain in force.
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The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall maintain the capitalist economic and trade systems previously practised in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government shall decide its economic and trade policies on its own. Rights concerning the ownership of property, including those relating to acquisition, use, disposal, inheritance and compensa- tion for lawful deprivation (corresponding to the real value of the property concerned, freely convertible and paid without undue delay) shall continue to be protected by law.
CIVIL & POLITICAL COVENANT
Article 6
1. Every human being has the inherent right to life. This right shall be protected by law. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life. 2. In countries which have not abolished the death penalty, sentence of death may be imposed only for the most serious crimes in accordaar : with the law in force at the time of the commission of the crime and not contrary to the provisions of the present Covenant and to the Con-
vention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crisne of Genocid This pensity can only be carried out pursuant to a final judgemet rendered by a competent court.
3. When deprivation of life constitutes the crime of genocide, it is unde stood that nothing in this article shali authorize any State Party to th present Covenant tu ilerogate in any way from any obligation assumed under the provisions of the Convention on the Prevention and Punish- ment of the Cime of Genocide.
4. Anjone sentenced to death shall have the right to seek pardon or commutation of the sentence. Aninesty, pardon or commutation of the schtence of death may be granted in all cases.
5. Sentence of death shall not be imposed for crimes committed by persons below eighteen years of age and shall not be carried out on pregnant wöinen.
4. Nothing in this article shall be invoked to delay or to prevent the abolition of capital punishment by any State Party to the present Cover Le
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ECONOMIC & SOCIAL COVENANT
Fundamen
freedoms.
BELIZE CONSTITUTION
3. Whereas every person in Belize is entitled to the fundamental rights
tal rights and and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, the right, whatever his race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest, to each and all of the following, namely---
Protection
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(a) life, liberty, security of the person, and the protection of the law; (b) freedom of conscience, of expression and of assembly and
association;
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(c) protection for his family life, his personal privacy, the privacy of his home and other property and recognition of his human dignity; and
(d) protection from arbitrary deprivation of property,
the provisions of this Chapter shall have effect for the purpose of afford- ing protection to those rights and freedoms subject to such limitations of that protection as are contained in those provisions, being limitations designed to ensure that the enjoyment of the said rights and freedoms by any person does not prejudice the rights and freedoms of others or the public interest..
BELIZE CONSTITUTION
of right to life.
4.-(1) A person shall not be deprived of his life intentionally save in execution of the sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence under any law of which he has been convicted.
(2) A person shall not be regarded as having been deprived of his life in contravention of this section if he dies as the result of the use, to such extent and in such circumstances as are permitted by law, of such force as is reasonably justifiable-
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(a) for the defence of any person from violence or for the defence of
property;
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(b) in order to effect a lawful arrest or to prevent the escape of a
person lawfully detained;
(c) for the purpose of suppressing a riot, insurrection or mutiny; or (d) in order to prevent the commission by that person of a criminal
offence.
or if he dies as the result of a lawful act of war.