CONTENT

Report of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region under the Convention on the Rights of the Child

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Part I / General Profile of the HKSAR

LAND AND PEOPLE

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GENERAL POLITICAL STRUCTURE
Constitutional document / 2-4
System of Government
General structure / 5
Chief Executive / 6-8
Executive Council / 9-10
Legislative Council / 11-14
District Councils / 15-16
Abolition of the Municipal Councils / 17-18
The structure of the Administration / 19-21
The judicial system of the HKSAR / 22-27
GENERAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK WITHIN WHICH
HUMAN RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED
Rule of law / 28-29
Human rights guarantees in the Basic Law / 30
Effect of other human rights instruments in HKSAR law / 31-32
Bill of Rights Ordinance / 33
Adoption of laws: effect on the BORO / 34-35
Legal aid / 36-39
Office of the Ombudsman / 40-43
Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) / 44
Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data / 45
Complaints and investigations
The Police / 46
The ICAC / 47
Other disciplined services / 48-49
INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY
Promotion of public awareness of the human rights treaties / 50
Government publications / 51
Reports of the HKSAR in the light of the ICCPR and the ICESCR / 52

Part II

/ Implementation of the Convention in the HKSAR
Section I / General measures of implementation
A / Article 4: Implementation of rights / 1-10
B / Article 42:Dissemination of the Convention / 11-16
C / Article 44:Making the report available / 17-18
Section II / Definition of ‘the child’ / 19-33
Section III / General principles
A / Article 2:Non-discrimination / 34-51
B / Article 3:Best interests of the child / 52-61
C / Article 6:The right to life, survival and development / 62-64
D / Article 12:Respect for the views of the child / 65-78
Section IV / Civil rights and freedoms
A / Article 7:Name and nationality / 79-85
B / Article 8:Preservation of identity / 86-90
C / Article 13:Freedom of expression / 91-94
D / Article 17:Access to appropriate information / 95-114
E / Article 14:Freedom of thought, conscience and religion / 115-116
F / Article 15:Freedom of association and of peaceful assembly / 117-122
G / Article 16:Protection of privacy / 123-129
H / Article 37(a):The right not to be subjected to torture of other
cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of punishment / 130-138
Section V / Family environment and alternative care
A / Article 5:Parental guidance / 139-144
B / Article 18:Parental responsibilities / 145-157
C / Article 9:Separation from parents / 158-167
D / Article 10:Family unification / 168-180
E / Article 27(4):Recovery of maintenance for the child / 181-186
F / Article 20:Protection of children deprived of a family / 187-201
G / Article 21:Adoption / 202-212
H / Article 11:Illicit transfer and non-return / 213
I / Article 19:Abuse and neglect / 214-231
J / Article 39:Physical and psychological recovery and social
reintegration of child abuse victims / 232-238
K / Article 25:Periodic review of placement / 239-240
L / Statistics on child abuse / 241-242

Section VI

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Basic health and welfare

A / Article 6(2):Survival and development / 243-249
B / Article 24:Right to health / 250-288
C / Article 18(3):Child care services for working parents / 289
D / Article 23:Disabled children / 290-306
E / Article 26:The child’s right to social security benefit / 307-314
F / Article 27:Standard of living / 315-332
Section VII /

Education, leisure and cultural activities

A / Article 28:Right to education / 333-364
B / Article 29(c):Aims of education / 365-383
C / Article 31:Leisure, recreation and cultural activities / 384-396
Section VIII /

Special protection measures

A / Article 22:Refugee and illegal immigration children / 397-404
B / Article 38:Children in armed conflicts / 405
Article 39:Physical and psychological recovery and social
reintegration of such children
C / Article 40:The administration of juvenile justice / 406-416
D / Article 37(b),(c)&(d): Children deprived of their liberty / 417-433
E / Article 37(a):The sentencing of juveniles; the prohibition of
capital punishment and life imprisonment / 434-437
F / Article 39:Physical and psychological recovery and social
reintegration / 438-439
G / Article 32:Economic exploitation, including child labour / 440-449
H / Article 33:Drug abuse / 450-470
I / Article 34:Sexual exploitation and sexual abuse / 471-478
J / Article 35:Sale, trafficking and abduction / 479-480
K / Article 30:Children belonging to minority or indigenous groups / 481
Section IX /

Reservations and declarations

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Annexes
1 / The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
of the People’s Republic of China
2 / Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance, Cap. 383
3 / Promotion of human rights
4 / Promoting awareness of the Convention among social welfare professionals
5 / Child abduction: legal provisions
6 / Code of Access to Information
7 / Number of children in non-institutional residential care
8 / Right of abode: Court of Final Appeal decision in the cases of Cheung Lai-wah and Chan Kam-nga and the request for an interpretation by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China
9 / Number of children placed in residential care
10 / Amendments to the Adoption Ordinance, Cap. 290
11 / Child abduction cases processed by the HKSAR Central Authority
12 / Categories of child abuse case
13 / Initiatives of the Committee on Child Abuse
14 / Maternity protections
15 / Patient’s Charter
16 / Charter for Children in Hospital
17 / Programme of immunisation
18 / Coverage rate
19 / Pollution control
20 / Definitions of the various forms of disability
21 / Support services for disabled children in ordinary schools
22 / Special schools: supply and demand
23 / Indices of wages, consumer price index (A) and foodstuff
24 / Financial Assistance Schemes administered by the Student Financial Assistance Agency
25 / Examples of international education conferences and courses attended by Hong Kong delegates
26 / The functions, governing ordinances and programmes of the homes for young offenders
27 / Institutions for young offenders
28 / The state of progress of the major recommendations contained in the “Research on the Effectiveness of Rehabilitation Programmes for Young Offenders”
29 / Number of reported young drug abusers aged under 18 by type of drug abused, 1995-2000
30 / Provisions under the Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200) relating to sexual abuse, and the prescribed penalties

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