CHINA

Special Decisions or Action Taken Re: Reporting, Including Urgent Action Procedure

CERD, A/63/18 (2008)

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Chapter II

PREVENTION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, INCLUDING EARLY WARNING AND URGENT ACTION PROCEDURES

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19. During the reporting period, the Committee again considered a number of situations under its early warning and urgent action procedure, including in particular the following:

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23. By a letter dated 7 March 2008, the Committee sought further information from the Government of China on the Hong Kong Race Relations Bill, which, in some aspects, did not appear to comply with the requirements of the Convention. The Committee requested China to include specific information on this issue in its overdue periodic report, to be submitted by 1 July 2008. In accordance with this request, the State party submitted its overdue report prior to that date, indicating that the report included detailed information on the content of the Hong Kong Race Relations Bill.

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