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Since the handover in 1997, the constitutional framework is provided by the Hong Kong Basic Law, which is a piece of National Law of the People's Republic of China and has, practically, constitutional status in Hong Kong. The principle of ‘ one country, two systems ’ was enshrined in Article 5 of the Basic Law until at least 2047, which ...
Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance, Article 11 (1) recognises the principle of presumption of innocence: Everyone charged with a criminal offence shall have the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law. Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance, Article 11 (2) (g) ensures the right against self-incrimination and the right to ...
A Bill to amend the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance so that the Ordinance applies to special surrender arrangements once they are made between Hong Kong and any other place in relation to particular circumstances not covered by surrender arrangements of a general nature; to provide that in relation to special surrender arrangements, the scope of the offences covered for a surrender from Hong Kong ...
National Security offences. There are a total of four categories of offences under Chapter III of the National Security Law: secession, subversion, terrorist activities, collusion, with all carrying a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. All four offences have already been used to charge Hong Kong residents in various cases.
June 10, 2024 at 9:11 PM. By William James and Greg Torode. LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters) -The rule of law in Hong Kong is profoundly compromised in areas of the law where the government has strong ...
The Decision of the National People's Congress on Establishing and Improving the Legal System and Enforcement Mechanisms for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to Safeguard National Security [1] is a congressional resolution passed by the third session of the 13th National People's Congress on 28 May 2020.
In Hong Kong, constitutional review came into existence at the dawn of the British era, when the Legislative Council was created under the Hong Kong Letters Patent in 1843. From that time onwards, the position has been one in which, as the judiciary stated in R v Ibrahim (1913) 8 HKLR 1 at 18, our legislature is supreme "subject to its ...
The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 (HKHRDA) [1] (S. 1838; Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 116–76 (text)) is a United States federal law that requires the U.S. government to impose sanctions against mainland China and Hong Kong officials considered responsible for human rights abuses in Hong Kong, and requires the United States Department of State and other ...