The United Nations Commission of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, on Wednesday (February 15) in Geneva, Switzerland, to review the third report submitted by China, which covers the Hong Kong and Macau reports.Fu Xiaohui, the permanent secretary -general of the Hong Kong Political Affairs and Mainland Affairs Bureau, said at the conference that day that Hong Kong has returned to the correct track of the "one country, two systems" under the dual guarantee of the National Security Law and the new system.
Comprehensive Sing Tao Daily and other reports, the United Nations Committee for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to consider the situation of the international conventions of social rights in China, Hong Kong and Macau to perform social rights.The committee experts pay attention to the impact of the Hong Kong National Security Law on Hong Kong's civil society, the media, and the organization of trade unions. They listed the Hong Kong Workers' Union to suspend the shipping and the founder of the Apple Daily Li Zhiying, and asked if the Hong Kong government took action to abolish the National Security Law.
Officials from the Hong Kong Government responded at the meeting on the 15th that Hong Kong still faced the threat of Guoan and needed to continue to implement the National Security Law.EssenceAs for the Li Zhiying case, officials of the Hong Kong Government said that the case was still ongoing, and the court would interrogate independently and fairly.
The United Nations Commission of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights also focuses on the human rights situation of Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong.In Hong Kong, Michael Windfuhr, vice chairman of the committee, said that the information received showed that the civil society ecology was changed after the National Security Law came into effect.The National Security Council interprets that the Hong Kong government is asked how to ensure that the National Security Law is not used to target or hinders civic social activities.He mentioned that receiving private groups to support the National Security Law, and also received civil organizations that the National Security Law could not go to Geneva to participate in the review.
Member, Ludovic Hennebel, questioned that it is difficult for Hong Kong reporters to play a professional and ask the Hong Kong government when to stop prosecutors and media institutions. It also states that the Hong Kong National Security Law does not match the rule of human rights. Asked if the Guoan will abolish GuoanLaw.
Huang Tianpei, the chief assistant secretary of the Hong Kong Security Bureau, responded that the provisions of the National Security Law stated that the protection of human rights, and different countries and localities could restrict human rights based on national security.He also said that the convention's review work was open and transparent, and the normal exchanges between private groups and the United Nations were guaranteed by the Hong Kong Basic Law and the SAR Legal Guarantee.
Zhang Kaishan, assistant director of the Hong Kong Labor Department, said that Hong Kong people enjoyed the right to organize trade unions, saying that only one of the 176 unions registered in 2021 were canceled by the Hong Kong government, and 175 other 175 were voluntary.From 2019 to 2022, the number of registered employees increased from 917 to 1,454, an increase of 59%.
The Hong Kong Government sent 10 delegations to Geneva this time, led by Fu Xiaohui, the permanent secretary -general of the Political Affairs and Mainland Affairs Bureau.She said that in the past, Hong Kong society had become turbulent, but since the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law and the improvement of the election system, Hong Kong returned to the correct track of the "one country, two systems".Essence
