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Human Rights Gaueran
HRE241/2
MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1991
GOVT LAWYER SECONDED TO
CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
A SENIOR CROWN COUNSEL FROM THI LEGAL DEPARTMENT WILL BE SECONDED TO THE UNITED NATIONS' CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN GENEVA FOR ONE YEAR IN ORDER TO GAIN PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS,
ONE OF THE MAIN DUTIES OF THE SENIOR CROWN COUNSEL, MR STEPHEN WONG KAI-Y1, WILL BE TO ASSIST IN SERVING THE SECRETARIAT OF THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE (UNHRC) BY PROVIDING LEGAL RESEARCH, DRAFTING ASSISTANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.
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THE UNHRC IS SET UP UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS. THE POSTING WILL
DEVELOP CONTACTS WITH EXPERTS IN HUMAN RIGHTS.
MR WONG, AGED 36, JOINED THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AS CROWN COUNSEL IN 1986 AND WAS PROMOTED TO SENTOR CROWN COUNSEL IN 1988.
HE SERVED IN THE PROSECUTIONS DIVISION BEFORE TAKING UP HIS PRESENT POSTING IN THE LEGAL POLICY DIVISION IN THE DEPARTMENT.
HE WILL ASSUME DUTY IN THE UN CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN EARLY
SEPTEMBER.
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