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Hong Kong Treaty Project
Select a treaty list most appropriate for your research from those below. Scroll down to locate treaty and click on link to treaty data record. Each record includes information on applicability to Hong Kong and the PRC before and after 1 July 1997, declarations and notifications, implementation in Hong Kong and links to websites containing treaty texts and other subject related information.
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Multilateral Treaties
Chronological list by date of adoption
Bilateral Treaties & Agreements
Historical Documentation
Letters of notification of treaties applicable to Hong Kong sent by the Governments of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the People's Republic of China to the United Nations, 20 June 1997.
UK Letter of notification listing multilateral treaties applicable to Hong Kong prior to 1 July 1997. This includes a list of treaties for which the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ceased to be responsible for the international rights and obligations arising from their application to Hong Kong. Annotations (in green text) have been added by the Centre for Comparative and Public Law. |
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PRC Letter of notification listing multilateral treaties applicable to Hong Kong after 1 July 1997. This includes two lists of treaties which are applicable to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region from 1 July 1997 (as of 20 June 1997) contained in Annexes I and II below. Annotations (in green text) have been added by the Centre for Comparative and Public Law. |
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Annex I to the PRC letter of notification above. List of multilateral treaties to which the PRC was a party at 20 June 1997. |
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Annex II to the PRC letter of notification above. List of multilateral treaties to which the PRC was not a party at 20 June 1997. |
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