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HK team to attend UN meeting on civil and political rights
The Solicitor General, Mr Daniel R Fung, QC, will lead a five-member Hong Kong Government team, as part of the British delegation, to attend a hearing before the United Nations Human Rights Committee on the fourth periodic report on Hong Kong under Article 40 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) to be held in Geneva, Switzerland, on October 19 and 20.
During the hearing, the UN committee will examine the United Kingdom's fourth periodic report on Hong Kong under the ICCPR submitted to the UN on July
21.
The report covers the developments in Hong Kong on human rights issues since the third report was examined by the UN Human Rights Committee in 1991.
The Hong Kong team will assist the British delegation in answering any questions on the implementation of the provisions under the ICCPR in Hong Kong.
Apart from Mr Fung, the Hong Kong Team comprises the Principal Assistant Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Jeremy Croft; the Principal Assistant Secretary for Security, Mr Gordon Leung; a Principal Crown Counsel, Mr Stephen Wong; and a Deputy Principal Crown Counsel, Mr Ian Deane.
Both Mr Wong and Mr Deane are specialists in human rights law. Mr Wong has worked with the UN Human Rights Committee from 1993 to 1994 on secondment. Mr Deane is the head of the Human Rights Unit in the Attorney General's Chambers and formerly a legal adviser to the Australian Government on human rights and constitutional law.
End/Thursday, October 12, 1995