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GUVERNMENT HUUSE
HUNG KUNG
3-22 11:11
CONFIDENTIAL #E
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Human Rights Considerations
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administrative
inconsistent
International
Dut that
The Attorney General's Chambers advise that the
detention of asylum seekers is not
with our obligation under Article 9 of the
Convenant on Civil and Political Rights,
such detention may become unlawful with the
OI time. The proposed legislation should go
some way to ensuring that judges have regard to all the
relevant IactorS relating to the length of detention in
tne case of any individual but will not prevent a judge
Irum coming to the conclusion that in a particular case a
unreasonable and therefore
errluxion
perioa
unlawful.
OI
aetention
[15 Consultation
: HMG
niew]
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