Book contents
- Reviews
- Treaty for a Lost City
- Treaty for a Lost City
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Provisions in the Joint Declaration and the Basic Law of the Hong Kong S.A.R.
- Part I 1982–1997
- Part II 1997–2014
- Introduction to Part II
- 4 The Court and the Canaries in a Storm
- 5 Foreign Treaty Relations
- 6 Acts of State, Foreign Affairs, Defence
- 7 Demos
- Part III 2014–2021
- Book part
- Index
5 - Foreign Treaty Relations
from Part II - 1997–2014
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 July 2022
- Reviews
- Treaty for a Lost City
- Treaty for a Lost City
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Provisions in the Joint Declaration and the Basic Law of the Hong Kong S.A.R.
- Part I 1982–1997
- Part II 1997–2014
- Introduction to Part II
- 4 The Court and the Canaries in a Storm
- 5 Foreign Treaty Relations
- 6 Acts of State, Foreign Affairs, Defence
- 7 Demos
- Part III 2014–2021
- Book part
- Index
Summary
The Hong Kong S.A.R. enjoys delegated treaty powers and relations and has in this sense ‘its own’ treaty regime; it retains on top of that certain colonial treaty features which were present before the handover, such as the continued application of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights or ‘ICCPR’ notwithstanding that the PRC is not party to the ICCPR; finally, certain PRC treaties nonetheless apply to Hong Kong while Hong Kong is at the same time exempt or excluded from other PRC treaties. That at least was what the PRC and the UK agreed. Insofar as the application of PRC multilateral treaties to Hong Kong is concerned, these have been notified to third countries through a letter by the PRC to the United Nations Secretary–General as treaty depository.
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- Treaty for a Lost CityThe Sino-British Joint Declaration, pp. 110 - 128Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022