Hong Kong Treaty Project
In an effort to document legal changes during
Hong Kong’s initial transition to Chinese sovereignty,
the Centre developed the Hong Kong Treaty Project archive
which documents the status of international treaties applicable
to Hong Kong before and after 1 July 1997 and until May 1998.
Prior to July 1997 Hong Kong's participation
in the international community was underpinned by over 400
international treaties which regulated a wide range of activities.
Since China was not a party to most of the treaties applied
to Hong Kong under British rule there was a danger that, if
nothing were done before the change of sovereignty, these
would lapse on 30 June 1997. For more than a decade from 1985
the International Rights and Obligations Sub-Group of the
Sino-British Joint Liaison Group set about identifying multilateral
and bilateral treaties which they agreed were critical to
Hong Kong and to take steps to ensure that they would continue
to apply to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Hong Kong Treaty Database
The Hong Kong Treaty Project compiled a Hong
Kong Treaty Database which is available on-line and can be
used to research the status of international treaties applicable
to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Find information
concerning the applicability of treaties to Hong Kong prior
to the change of sovereignty, and their applicability to the
People's Republic of China. Links are provided to further
research sources on the Internet.
This material is made available for information
purposes only, and the Centre for Comparative and Public Law
assumes no liability whatsoever with regard to the accuracy
of this data. Should any errors and other deficiencies come
to your attention, or if you wish to suggest any improvements,
please send us your comments by email.
This publication in its electronic form should
be cited as: “Hong Kong Treaty Project, Centre for Comparative
and Public Law, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong,
as available at http://www.hku.hk/ccpl/
on (date on which the material was accessed).”
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