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OCMIAN 3160
CONFIDENTIAL
OO HOKON
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
261540Z JUN
GRS 205
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 1736
OF 261540Z JUNE 87
HKD 30/1
RECEIVE
3 0 JUN 1987
**FICER
PA
STRY
Action Taken
FILM CENSORSHIP: YR TELNO 2512
1. THE RIGHTS ACCORDED BY ARTICLE 19 OF THE COVENANT ARE ACCORDED
IN A FULLER FORM IN ARTICLE 10 OF THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON
HUMAN RIGHTS.
THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS ACCEPTED THE RIGHT OF INDIVIDUAL PETITION
AND THE COMPULSORY JURISDICTION OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN
RIGHTS UNDER THE CONVENTION. IT HAS NOT ACCEPTED THE OPTIONAL
PROTOCOL TO THE COVENANT BECAUSE THAT WOULD MERELY AMOUNT, SO FAR
AS THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE OTHER DEPENDENCIES ARE CONCERNED, TO A SECOND, BUT LESS EFFECTIVE, MACHINERY FOR ENFORCEMENT TO THAT
PROVIDED BY THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION.
2. THIS IS NOT A PARTICULARLY SATISFACTORY ANSWER SO FAR AS HONG
KONG IS CONCERNED AS THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION HAS NOT BEEN EXTENDED
TO HONG KONG. THERE IS NOT, HOWEVER, A TERRITORIAL APPLICATION
CLAUSE EITHER IN THE COVENANT OR IN THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL AND IT
WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE THEREFORE TO EXTEND THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL
ONLY TO HONG KONG.
HOWE
OCMIAN 3160
LIMITED.
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RESEARCH.O.
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