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UN CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE: EXTENSION TO BERMUDA
AND HONG KONG: MIPT
1. FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF NOTIFICATION EXTENDING THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE TO BE GIVEN TO THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL IN NEW
YORK:
BEGINS
' I HAVE THE HONOUR, ON INSTRUCTIONS FROM HER MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, TO REFER TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT, OPENED FOR SIGNATURE AT THE UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS AT NEW YORK ON 4 FEBRUARY 1985, WHICH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND RATIFIED ON 8 DECEMBER 1988.
I HAVE THE HONOUR TO DECLARE ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM THAT ITS RATIFICATION OF THE CONVENTION SHALL EXTEND TO THE FOLLOWING TERRITORIES:
BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY
BAILIWICK OF JERSEY
ISLE OF MAN
BERMUDA
HONG KONG
THIS EXTENSION IS SUBJECT TO THE SAME DECLARATION UNDER ARTICLE
21 OF THE CONVENTION AS ACCOMPANIED THE SAID RATIFICATION.
ENDS
HURD
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