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Comilang v Director of Immigration

Comilang and Ahmed v Director of Immigration (2019) 22 HKCFAR 59; [2019] HKCFA 10; [2019] 2 HKC 492 (FACV 9/2018)
JurisdictionHong Kong
CourtHong Kong Court of Final Appeal
Year2019
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Unincorporated treaties (ICCPR, ICESCR, CRC) confer no domestically enforceable rights or legitimate expectations in Hong Kong, and the immigration reservation/exception (mirrored by s.11 Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance and read into cognate Basic Law rights) prevents non-resident ex-domestic-helper mothers, or their HK-resident children, from invoking family rights to compel the Director of Immigration to grant a right to remain.

Area of Law

constitutional

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