The Constitutional & Mainland Affairs Bureau has published two comic books to promote the International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The bureau said today the Government is committed to human rights protection in Hong Kong. The initiative will promote public awareness, particularly among young people, of the principal provisions of these two important international human rights treaties in a reader-friendly manner.

Rights understanding: The Constitutional & Mainland Affairs Bureau has published two comic books promoting the International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The international covenant is implemented in Hong Kong through the Basic Law and the Bill of Rights Ordinance.

The convention safeguards the basic human rights of children, including the rights to life, to the development of their full physical and mental potential, to protection from influences harmful to their development, and to participation in family, cultural and social life.

The booklets contain illustrations of the treaties' principal provisions in easy-to-understand language. They also include the treaties' full text and websites for readers to study them further.

They are now available free from all District Offices and the Civic Education Resource Centre.