TNAG-2156-FCO40-3076-International-Covenant-on-Civil-and-Political-Rights-(ICCPR)-1990 — Page 107

1. General

1. There is nothing to add further to paragraphs 1 to 3 of the second periodic report on the Falkland Islands.

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Information relating to articles in parts I, II and III of the Covenant

The following information is supplementary to that provided in the first and second reports of the United Kingdom on the Falkland Islands and given by the United Kingdom delegation at the meetings of the Human Rights Committee which discussed these reports. Articles in relation to which no new legislative or administrative developments have occurred are not included in this report. Inclusion of particular points does not necessarily mean that the United Kingdom considers that they fall within the scope of particular articles of the Covenant.

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Article 4

At the meeting to discuss the United Kingdom's second report on its dependent territories, a question was asked relating to article 4 (CCPR/C/SR.856, para. 63). There is nothing to add to the answers given by Mr. Fearn (CCPR/C/SR.856, paras. 64 and 67).

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Article 7

Further to paragraph 14 of the second report (CCPR/C/32/Add.14, annex D), the Crimes Ordinance 1989 of the Falkland Islands creates a specific offence of torture in terms reflecting the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. 8 December 1988, the United Kingdom ratified that Convention. The ratification was extended to the Falkland Islands.

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Article 10

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Further to paragraph 17 of the second report (ibid.), it may be added that section 22 of the Criminal Justice Ordinance 1989 prohibits a sentence of imprisonment being passed upon a person under the age of 21 years and provides for other forms of custodial sentence to be imposed where a sentence of imprisonment might otherwise have been appropriate.

Article 13

The Immigration Ordinance 1987, referred to in paragraph 20 of the second report (ibid.), came into force on 1 January 1989.

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Article 17

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At the meeting to discuss the United Kingdom's second report on its dependent territories, it was asked what kind of personal data could be stored on computers and who could hold such information (CCPR/C/SR.857, para. 31). So far as concerns the Falkland Islands, very little in the way of personal data is currently stored on computers. So far as is known, the only such