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Basic Law Drafting History Online

Compilation of information and documents from the drafting history of the Hong Kong's Basic Law (constitution), with a search facility, provided by the Centre for Comparative and Public Law and the University of Hong Kong Libraries. Has the following sections: Drafting Materials, 1985 to 1997; News Coverage (1985 to 1990); the Legco Database (proceedings of the Hong Kong Legislative Council; and Textual History (drafts of each article of the Basic Law). The documents are in Chinese and / or English.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

This site provides historical information and documentation on the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is a joint digitisation project of the UN's Dag Hammarskjöld Library and the Library of the UN Office at Geneva. The site has details of meetings which took place between 1946 and 1948, including meeting records and reports. Documents can be downloaded in English and French. Profiles of members of the Drafting Committee are also given.

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