TNAG-1690-FCO40-2340-Hong-Kong-legislation-regarding-the-control-of-publications--1987 — Page 177

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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELNO 1736

OF 261540Z JUNE 87

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1. THE RIGHTS ACCORDED BY ARTICLE 19 OF THE COVENANT ARE ACCORDED

IN A FULLER FORM IN ARTICLE 10 OF THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON

HUMAN RIGHTS.

THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS ACCEPTED THE RIGHT OF INDIVIDUAL PETITION

AND THE COMPULSORY JURISDICTION OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN

RIGHTS UNDER THE CONVENTION. IT HAS NOT ACCEPTED THE OPTIONAL

PROTOCOL TO THE COVENANT BECAUSE THAT WOULD MERELY AMOUNT, SO FAR

AS THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE OTHER DEPENDENCIES ARE CONCERNED, TO A SECOND, BUT LESS EFFECTIVE, MACHINERY FOR ENFORCEMENT TO THAT

PROVIDED BY THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION.

2. THIS IS NOT A PARTICULARLY SATISFACTORY ANSWER SO FAR AS HONG

KONG IS CONCERNED AS THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION HAS NOT BEEN EXTENDED

TO HONG KONG. THERE IS NOT, HOWEVER, A TERRITORIAL APPLICATION

CLAUSE EITHER IN THE COVENANT OR IN THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL AND IT

WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE THEREFORE TO EXTEND THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL

ONLY TO HONG KONG.

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