Hong Kong: Amnesty International Briefing to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

Hong Kong: Amnesty International Briefing to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

Index Number: ASA 19/001/2006
Date Published: 31 May 2006
Categories: Hong Kong, Asia And The Pacific

This document presents an overview of Amnesty International's concerns as laid out in its submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (the Committee). The briefing offers further information about the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government's policy, or lack of policy, for combating gender-based violence in the home and focuses on the HKSAR's failure to comply with Articles 2, 3, and 7 of CEDAW.