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UN CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE: EXTENSION TO BERMUDA AND HONG KONG
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THE UNITED KINGDOM RATIFIED THE UN CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE ON 8 DECEMBER 1988. RATIFICATION WAS EXTENDED ON THAT DATE TO MOST DEPENDENT TERRITORIES BUT NOT TO BERMUDA AND HONG KONG WHICH, WITH THE CROWN DEPENDENCIES, WERE NOT READY, AT THAT STAGE, TO PROCEED.
2. WE ARE NOW IN A POSITION TO EXTEND THE RATIFICATION TO BERMUDA, HONG KONG, THE ISLE OF MAN AND THE CHANNEL ISLANDS. WE EXPECT TO PROCEED EARLY NEXT MONTH AND WILL REVERT ON COMPLETION. THE TEXT OF THE FORMAL NOTIFICATION TO THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL IS IN MIFT.
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