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The term surrender of fugitive offenders agreement is used in place of extradition treaty to signify Hong Kong's non-sovereign status. [1] As a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China since July 1997, Hong Kong is authorised by the Central Government of China to enter into such agreements, according to Article 96 of the ...
A Bill to amend the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance so that the Ordinance applies to special surrender arrangements once they are made between Hong Kong and any other place in relation to particular circumstances not covered by surrender arrangements of a general nature; to provide that in relation to special surrender arrangements, the scope of the offences covered for a surrender from Hong Kong ...
The United States–Hong Kong Agreement for the Surrender of Fugitive Offenders was an extradition treaty signed by the United States and British Hong Kong on 20 December 1996, with the authorization of the People's Republic of China, which would take over Hong Kong in July 1997. [1] The agreement was suspended indefinitely by Executive Order ...
The U.S. State Department said Hong Kong's leader, Carrie Lam, rejected a request last year to surrender a fugitive into the custody of the United States, at China's behest. In an annual report on ...
On August 18, 2020, the Consulate General of the United States in Hong Kong notified the government of Hong Kong that the United States had suspended or terminated three bilateral agreements: for the surrender of fugitive offenders, for the transfer of sentenced persons and for reciprocal tax exemptions on income derived from the international ...
The Hong Kong government announced that it had notified the Consulates General of the Netherlands and Ireland in Hong Kong respectively in accordance with the instructions of the Central Government to suspend the implementation of the agreement on the surrender of fugitive offenders and the agreement on criminal judicial assistance between Hong ...
Hong Kong offered bounties of HK$1 million ($128,728) on Tuesday for six more pro-democracy campaigners deemed to have violated national security laws, and revoked the passports of seven more, as ...
Free trade agreements of Hong Kong (1 P) Pages in category "Treaties of Hong Kong" ... List of Hong Kong surrender of fugitive offenders agreements; T. TRIPS ...