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4.
the
In
enacting
the Bill
has
Hong Kong Government
of Rights Ordinance in 1991,
given effect in local law to
provisions of the ICCPR as applied to Hong Kong. An
amendment to the Letters Patent was also made to ensure that
no law of Hong Kong should be made that restricts the rights
and freedoms enjoyed in Hong Kong in a manner which is
inconsistent with the ICCPR as applied to Hong Kong.
Line to take
(a) The continued application of the ICCPR is already
provided for in the Joint Declaration (JD 156) and
the Basic Law (BL 39).
(b) Details of how the UK currently
discharges its
(including the
obligations under the Covenant
obligation to report to the UN Human Rights
Committee) are under consideration in the JLG. This
help to maintain consistency after 1997. Given
confidentiality provision of JD 196, we cannot
disclose details of the proceedings in the JLG.
will
the
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