HKSAR Government delegates to attend meetings of UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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A Government spokesman said today (February 10) that as part of the Chinese delegation, the HKSAR Government delegation will introduce to the Committee the part of China's third report under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) which is related to the HKSAR, and answer the Committee's questions on the implementation of the ICESCR in the HKSAR.
"This is the fourth time the Committee has examined a report submitted by the HKSAR under the ICESCR since 1997. The previous round of hearing was held in May 2014," the spokesman added.
The Government spokesman stressed, "The HKSAR Government is firmly committed to upholding the rights and freedoms enjoyed by Hong Kong residents as protected under the law. Since Hong Kong's return to the motherland, human rights in the city have always been robustly guaranteed constitutionally by both the Constitution of the People's Republic of China and the Basic Law. Article 39 of the Basic Law provides that the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as applied to Hong Kong shall remain in force. Since the last hearing, the HKSAR Government has been taking extensive measures in various policy areas to promote the long-term economic, social and cultural developments in the light of Hong Kong's actual circumstances."
The delegation will be led by the Permanent Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Ms Gracie Foo, and the members of the delegation will include officials from the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, the Security Bureau, the Education Bureau, the Labour and Welfare Bureau, the Department of Justice, the Labour Department and the Immigration Department.
The fourth report of the HKSAR under the ICESCR and the written response of the HKSAR Government on the List of Issues issued by the Committee are available on the website of the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau (www.cmab.gov.hk/en/press/reports_human.htm).
Ends/Friday, February 10, 2023
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