7.
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The Government
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considered
also including
the
rights contained in the ICES CR. But the provisions of the
ICESCR are different in nature from those of the ICCPR. In
general, they are not rights that can be easily enforced in
For this reason the Government decided to
the courts.
concentrate on civil and political rights in the draft
Ordinance.
8.
parts:
The draft Ordinance is divided, into three main
(a)
The
preliminary
section.
This outlines the
background, and how the rights
rights set out in the
draft Ordinance are to be applied and enforced;
(b)
The Hong Kong Bill of Rights.
This gives the text
of the rights recognised; and
(c)
The reservations.
When the Government of the
United Kingdom ratified the ICCPR, they made the
ratification subject to certain
reservations.
Those reservations which are relevant to Hong Kong
are reflected in the Ordinance
paragraphs 21 and 48-53 below).
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