Help detained bookseller and improve domestic workers’ rights, Hong Kong told in submission to UN
Report on city’s freedoms to UN Human Rights Council also criticises screening of election candidates and calls for new approach to Basic Law interpretations
Hong Kong’s “deteriorating” rule of law and human rights conditions were thrown under the international spotlight on Tuesday as 45 civil society organisations in the city endorsed a landmark submission to the UN.
It has been handed to the international body’s Human Rights Council, which aims to promote human rights globally, as part of a five-year UN review.
Simon Henderson, a spokesman for the Hong Kong Universal Periodic Review Coalition, said the submission was particularly important given the “climate of deteriorating human rights and rule of law”.
“[It] provides a road map of specific, measurable and achievable recommendations for Hong Kong to abide by its human rights commitments and restore its international standing,” he said.
