Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/HKG/CO/2, 30 March 2006: China (Hong Kong)
4. The Committee notes with appreciation the initiatives undertaken to promote non-discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. Link to full text of the report: Concluding Observations-CCPR-China (Hong Kong)-2006-engConcluding Observations: China, CRC/C/CHN/CO/2, November 24, 2005
31. The Committee is concerned about the persistence of discrimination against refugee, asylum-seeking and undocumented migrant children in the Hong Kong SAR, and the lack of legislation specifically prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race or sexual...Concluding Observations: China, E/C.12/1/Add.107, May 13 2005
73. The Committee welcomes the establishment of the Sexual Minorities Forum, a formal communication channel between HKSAR and persons with different sexual orientation, and the planned establishment of the Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Unit within the...
Address of Dato’ Param Cumaraswamy to the 6th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights Series: “International Migration and Human Rights”
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International Migration and Human Rights [full text, PDF]
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