EMERITIVOOL TATJ
The Protocol
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4.
Following the
dissolution
of the League
of
Nations,
a Protocol
at New
York on 7
amending the Convention was concluded
December 1953 (text at Annex C).
The
Protoco i
transferred
the
functions and
powers
for
the
to
continuous performance of the Convention from the League of the United Nations and also substituted the
Court
Nations
Permanent
Of
Parties
the
with Justice International
International Court of Justice for dealing with disputes
relating to the interpretation application of the Convention. The Protocol entered into force for the United Kingdom on 7 December 1953.
between
the
ΟΙ
Benefit
5.
While slavery
and
the
slave trade in its
traditional form does not exist in Hong Kong, contemporary forms Of slavery such as compulsory or forced labour and the traffic in persons have not been completely stamped
The Convention
amended by
Protocol) is
important to Hong Kong's concerted effort against all forms of slavery and slave trade.
out.
(as
the
Proposal
:
6.
The British side
propose that the Convention (as should continue to apply to the 30 June 1997 in accordance with the
amended by the Protocol)
Hong Kong SAR after
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