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GA v Director of Immigration

GA v Director of Immigration (2014) 17 HKCFAR 60, FACV 7, 8, 9 & 10/2013
JurisdictionHong Kong
CourtHong Kong Court of Final Appeal
Year2014
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Neither mandated refugees nor screened-in torture/non-refoulement claimants awaiting resettlement have any constitutional, statutory or common-law right to work in Hong Kong; there is no general common-law right to work, and the relevant ICESCR provisions are not incorporated so as to be directly enforceable.

Area of Law

human-rights

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