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United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Speaking Note
We wish
on
the Rights
to raise the subject of the UN Convention of the Child. The UK signed the Convention in April 1990, ratified the Convention on 16 December 1991 and now wishes to extend ratification to its dependent
territories.
2.
be
The British side consider that it would desirable and appropriate that Hong Kong be included in the
UK ratification.
This would demonstrate to the
international community Hong Kong's commitment to protecting and promoting the rights of the child. We note that the Government of the People's Republic of China has recently ratified the Convention.
3.
Hong Kong's legislation and practice concerning the protection of children essentially comply with the Nevertheless, there are inevitably some
Convention.
differences between Hong
ranging consensus instrument. identified a number of areas where the UK envisages the need to make declarations or reservations on behalf of Hong Kong upon ratification.
Kong's legislation and this wide
The British side has
4.
Firstly, articles 1 and 6 of the Convention read
together with paragraph 9 of the preamble may be interpreted as broadening the
include children before birth.
definition of the child to
Like the UK, Hong Kong
needs a reservation to cover legal termination of pregnancy and to avoid inconsistency with domestic legislation.
5.
Secondly, the provisions in
regarding immigration
broad terms.
the Convention
and nationality are drafted in very AS in respect of the UK, a reservation on behalf of Hong Kong is required to reflect the way in which immigration and nationality laws operate in Hong Kong.
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