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I would now remind Honourable Members of the
provisions of Article 2 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
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(1) Each State Party to the present Covenant,
rispach and to undertakes to ensure to all individuals within territory and subject to its jurisdiction, the rights recognised in the present Covenant), without distinction of any kind, such a
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(2) Where not already provided for by existing legislative or other measures, each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes to take the necessary steps, in accordance with its constitutional processes and with the provisions of the present Covenant, to adopt such legislative or other measures as may be necessary to give effect to the rights recognised in the present Covenant.
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(3) Each State Party to the present Covenant indistakes: anduseaken(a) to ensure that any person whose rights or freedoms as herein recognised are violated shall have an effective remedy, notwithstanding that the violation has been committed by persons acting in an official capacity 24 It is obvious that if the Honourable Mr. Yeung Po-kwan's
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proposal is adopted in preference to mine, then the United 26 Kingdom Government by the act of this Committee, will be
failing to fulfil its obligations under the International Covenant in failing (a) to ensure to all individuals within this territory and subject to its jurisdiction, the rights recognised in Article 19, and (b) to adopt such legislative or other measures as maybe necessary to give effect to the rights recognised in Article 19, and (c) to ensure that any person whose right to free expression guaranteed by Article 19 is violated shall have an effective remedy.
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Sir, lastly may I urge Honourable Members to take