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SAPIENTIA

法律學院

THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

FACULTY OF LAW

Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong

Mr Jonathan Marshall, Hong Kong Department,

Foreign and Commonwealth Office,

LONDON SW1A 2AH

UNITED KINGDOM

Dear Mr Marshall,

February 16, 1993

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I wonder if you would be so kind as to send me copies of the reports recently submitted or about to be submitted to the Secretary General of the United Nations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. I understand from Mr John Leung of the Constitutional Affairs Branch of the Hong Kong Government that the drafts have been sent to London for final revisions. The two reports concern Articles 10-12 and 13-15 of the Covenant and are, I understand, likely to be considered at the session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights scheduled for November 1993.

I would also be grateful for an indication of the United Kingdom Government's policy on the question of whether the report should be made available to the public on the same basis as have the recent reports under the ICCPR.

I would also be grateful if you could confirm that the United Nations Convention Against Torture was extended to Hong Kong with effect from 8 December 1992.

Thank you very much for your assistance. You may be interested in the enclosed issues of a regular newsletter which my colleague Johannes Chan and I put together, the Bill of Rights Bulletin.

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Andrew Byrnes

cc. Ms Ava Chiu, Constitutional Affairs Branch

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