aaron@ahkcus.org (Aaron Y.T. Cheung) (04/09/91)
Archive-name: soc/hongkong/hongkong-bill-of-rights/1991-04-06 Archive: ahkcus.org:/doc/hk.bill-of-rights-90.* [192.55.187.25] Original-posting-by: aaron@ahkcus.org (Aaron Y.T. Cheung) Original-subject: Int'l Covenant & other documents for FTP (Re: HK & China News Forward) Reposted-by: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti, MSEN) | BRITAIN came under heavy fire for its human rights record in Hongkong | on the first day of a United Nations hearing in New York. | | Members of the Human Rights Committee also criticised Hongkong's | handling of the Bill of Rights and the failure of Britain to allow | the right of self determination for the people in the territory. | | The Bill of Rights is based on the UN's International Covenant | on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) which is referred to in the | Basic Law. | | But the future mini-constitution makes no reference to the | Bill of Rights. HI. Softcopies of the following documents (a) INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS (b) INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS (c) HONG KONG BILL OF RIGHTS (d) BASIC LAW OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA INTERNET users retrieval via Anonymous FTP: Machine: ahkcus.org (192.55.187.25) FTP Login: anonymous Password: guest Directory: /doc Files: 1113 lines intl-covenant.cp-rights 548 lines intl-covenant.esc-rights 845 lines hk.bill-of-rights-90.ord 522 lines hk.bill-of-rights-90.com 240 lines hk.basic-law.1 361 lines hk.basic-law.2 739 lines hk.basic-law.3 345 lines hk.basic-law.4 274 lines hk.basic-law.5 239 lines hk.basic-law.6 198 lines hk.basic-law.7 BITNET and other network users retrieval via email: Send email to: iccpr-request@ahkcus.org for file intl-covenant.cp-rights icescr-request@ahkcus.org for file intl-covenant.esc-rights hkbr-request@ahkcus.org for files hk.bill-of-rights-90.* hkbl-request@ahkcus.org for files hk.basic-law.* Regards, /aaron. Acknowledgments are due members of the Association of Overseas Hong Kong Chinese for Democracy and Human Rights, Cambridge, MA, and other members of AHKCUS in Chicago, IL, for making the above documents electronically available here, /ac.