CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 3135
OF 26050OZ OCTOBER 90
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
PART ONE OF TWO
PERSONAL FOR PAUL, HKD FROM GOVERNOR
(335)
002625
MOLIAN 1739
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бившів'я
HKD $24" T
YRTELNO 1866 AND MY TELNO 3025 BILL OF RIGHTS (EOR)
1. YRTUR ASKED FOR A SITUATION REPORT ON THE BOR
OBJECTIVE AND BASIC CONSIDERATIONS
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RECEP
- 5 NOV 1990
2. WE HAVE STATED PUBLICLY AND CONSISTENTLY THAT WE HAVE DECIDED TO IMPLEMENT OUR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS (ICCPR) BY ENACTING A BOR. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE BOR ARE TO ENSHRINE THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF
THE ICCPR IN ONE DOMESTIC INSTRUMENT SO THAT THE RIGHTS RECOGNISED THEREIN ARE JUSTICIABLE IN HONG KONG AND EFFECTIVE REMEDIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR ALL INFRINGEMENTS. THE BOR WOULD ALSO BE THE STANDARD AGAINST WHICH ALL HONG KONG LEGISLATION WOULD BE MEASURED, TO ENSURE ITS CONSISTENCY WITH THE ICCPR AS APPLIED TO HONG KONG.
3 TO SURVIVE AFTER 1997, THE BOR MUST BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION (JD) AND BASIC LAW (BL). A POLICY DECISION WAS THEREFORE TAKEN THAT THE BOR SHOULD REPRODUCE THE LANGUAGE OF THE ICCPR TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE SO THAT ITS SURVIVAL COULD BE ASSURED BY JD 156 AND ARTICLE 39 OF THE BL.
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