Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah delivers a speech at the virtual signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding between the Hague Conference on Private International Law and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on the secondment of legal professionals on Dec 22, 2020. (PHOTO / HKSAR GOVT)
HONG KONG - A memorandum of understanding for the technical and administrative arrangements relating to the secondment of legal professionals was signed between Hong Kong and the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government announced Tuesday.
Secretary for Justice of the HKSAR government Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah and the Secretary General of the HCCH Christophe Bernasconi signed the document at a virtual signing ceremony on Tuesday.
Secretary for Justice of the HKSAR government Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah and the Secretary General of the HCCH Christophe Bernasconi signed the document at a virtual signing ceremony on Tuesday
Addressing the ceremony, Cheng said that it was the Department of Justice's policy initiative to nurture legal talents through continuous provision of training opportunities including secondment arrangements with international organizations.
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Expressing thanks for the HCCH's strong support for this scheme, Cheng said she was pleased to note that lawyers in both the public and private sectors have opportunities to gain experience at the HCCH under the secondment arrangement, which would expand their knowledge of the operation of international organizations, broaden their horizons through learning from international law experts, and inject a Hong Kong perspective into shaping the development of international law.
The HCCH is a global inter-governmental organization with strong influence in the field of private international law. It is committed to developing and providing multilateral legal instruments on private international law to meet global needs.
